English
patrao
Patrao comes from Portuguese patrão ‘patron’, from Latin pater ‘father’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr1‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr1‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater2as patris‘father’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrōnus3‘a protector, patron’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentpatrão4‘patron’
- Englishtodaypatrao4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin pater
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin patronus
- 3 Wiktionary, Portuguese patrão
- 4 Wiktionary, English patrao
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗrWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patērWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaterWiktionary, Latin patronusas patris‘father’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrōnusWiktionary, Portuguese patrão‘a protector, patron’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentpatrãoWiktionary, English patrao‘patron’
- EnglishtodaypatraoWiktionary, English patrao
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, company, pain, feed, pope, foster, apparent, fur, companion, pastor, fodder, fad, penetration, pasture, papal, accompaniment, forage, panini, fatherly, pav, patrician, pantaloons, pannier, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father’
papa, paternity, paternal, padre, perpetrator, compere, pater, patrimony, perpetrate, patroness, 15 more
through Latin patrōnus ‘a protector, patron’
Today it means
noun boss, master (in a Portuguese environment)
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “patrao”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pater, Latin patronus, Portuguese patrão. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / patrao