From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten, from Old English plættan, from Proto-Germanic *plat-, from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled-. Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten, German platzen, Bavarian patzen, Swedish plätta, pjätta. For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.
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