The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαταγεῖον
- Latin · borrowed frompatagīum“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”
- English todaypatagium
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.