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Pattern comes from earlier paterne, from Middle English patron ‘patron; example’, from Medieval Latin patrōnus ‘patron’, from Latin pater ‘father’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr¹‘father’reconstructed
2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr¹‘father’reconstructed
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater²as patris‘father’
4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500patrōnus³‘patron’
5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400patron³
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500patron³‘patron; example’
7. English1500–presentpaterne³
8. Englishearliest quotation 1634pattern³

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin pater
2. ² Wiktionary, Latin patronus
3. ³ Wiktionary, English pattern
4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile: “[A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared…”.