Etymograph

English

patroon

Patroon comes from Dutch patroon ‘patron saint’, from Latin patrōnus ‘protector’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-1‘to protect, to ward’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr1‘father’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr1‘father’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater2as patris‘father’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrōnus3‘protector’
  6. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500patroon3
  7. Dutchc. 1500–presentpatroon3‘patron saint’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1835patroon3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pater
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin patronus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English patroon
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1835, Andrew Reed, Letter XIX: “Dr. Tucker accompanied us on our return; and we…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-Wiktionary, Latin pater‘to protect, to ward’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗrWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patērWiktionary, Latin pater‘father’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaterWiktionary, Latin patronusas patris‘father’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrōnusWiktionary, English patroon‘protector’
  6. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500patroonWiktionary, English patroon
  7. Dutchc. 1500–presentpatroonWiktionary, English patroon‘patron saint’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1835patroonWiktionary, English patroon. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1835, Andrew Reed, Letter XIX: “Dr. Tucker accompanied us on our return; and we…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

company, food, pain, feed, pope, foster, apparent, fur, pastor, companion, fodder, fad, penetration, pasture, papal, forage, accompaniment, panini, fatherly, pav, patrician, pannier, pantaloons, 57 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’

father, patriot, ayr, 22 more

through Latin pater ‘father’

papa, perpetrator, paternity, paternal, padre, perpetrate, compere, pater, patrimony, 17 more

through Latin patrōnus ‘protector’

pattern, 6 more

Today it means

noun One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “patroon”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pater, Latin patronus. 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 *peh₂- / patroon

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