patriot

patriot · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπατριώτης“of the same country”
2. Late Latin · derived frompatriōta“fellow countryman”
3. Middle French · derived frompatriote
4. English todaypatriot

From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Patriot · proper noun, noun²

Capitalization of patriot.