| Definitions | noun - that from which a copy is made
- design, motif or decoration formed from multiple copies of an original fitted together
- arrangement of objects, facts etc. which has a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship
- a series of steps, repeated
- the quality held in common by a pattern
- (context, linguistics) in Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic languages, the arrangement of prefixes, suffixes, consonant-doubling, vowels, and stress in a word formed around a consonantal root
Translations: verb
- to apply a pattern
- to fit into a pattern
Etymology: Middle English patron, from Old French patron, from Latin patronus "patron", derived from pater "father". For the semantic shift, a patron is to be thought of as a model citizen, model citizen, i.e., to be imitated.
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