Etymology

Patrick

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Today it means: A male given name. Full definition →

Middle English Patrick ← Latin Patricius
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  1. Latin · derived fromPatricius“patrician”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromPatrick
  3. English todayPatrick

From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.