- paté
- paté: see paste
- pate (n.1)
- "top of the head," early 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), of unknown origin; perhaps a shortened form of Old French patene or Medieval Latin patena, both from Latin patina "pan, dish" (see pan (n.)).
- pate (n.2)
- "paste," 1706, from French pâté, from Old French paste, earlier pastée, from paste (see paste (n.)).