patriotic English · revision 39670

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing, derivation|attested=1653, T. Urquhart, translation of Rabelais|origins=grc πατήρ}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * UK: /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/, /peɪ.tɹiˈɒ.tɪk/^(Wiktionary)

+ * US: /peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is partly [[bor|fr|patriotique]], recorded once in Middle French in 1532, and partly a derivative [[af|en|patriot|-ic]].^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The French word continues [[la-lat|patriōticus|t=of one's country]], recorded from the 6th century,^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) [[der|grc|πατριωτικός|tr=patriōtikós|t=of a fellow countryman]], from [[m|grc|πατριώτης|tr=patriṓtēs|t=fellow countryman]].^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(ODE 2010) That noun, the source of [[patriot]], is formed on [[m|grc|πάτριος|tr=pátrios|t=of one's fathers]], from [[m|grc|πατήρ|tr=patḗr|t=father]], which is related to [[father]].^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or belonging to one's country: 1653, in Thomas Urquhart's translation of Rabelais, rendering the French word of the original; this sense is rare and obsolete.^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ After its first, isolated use the word was formed again in English from ''patriot''.^(OED 2026) The current sense, having the character of a patriot and devoted to the good of one's country, is recorded from 1737, in a poem title by Hildebrand Jacob,^(OED 2026) and Etymonline dates it to 1757;^(Etymonline) in French the corresponding sense is recorded from 1750.^(OED 2026) From 1933 it was used in the names of nationalist political organizations, such as a ''patriotic front''.^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002) The plural noun ''patriotics'', patriotic speeches or feelings, is recorded from 1899.^(OED 2026)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1532 – Middle French ''patriotique'', in a single example.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1648 – Merriam-Webster's first date.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1653 – of one's country (obsolete).^(OED 2026)

+ * 1737 – devoted to the good of one's country.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1899 – plural noun, patriotic utterances.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1933 – in the names of nationalist organizations.^(OED 2026)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Feeling, showing or inspired by love of and loyalty to one's [[country]]; characteristic of a [[patriot]]: ''a rousing patriotic song''.^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[patriotically]]

+ * [[antipatriotic]]

+ * [[hyperpatriotic]]

+ * [[overpatriotic]]

+ * [[pseudopatriotic]]

+ * [[semipatriotic]]

+ * [[ultrapatriotic]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[patriot]]

+ * [[patriotism]]

+ * [[compatriot]]

+ * [[paternal]]

+ * [[patron]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}