Etymology: < Middle French patis tribute imposed by a victorious enemy on a country under threat of invading and plundering the country if certain conditions are not met (1352–6: see also note below), probably either < post-classical Latin pacticium pact, tribute (in an undated inscription; 1404 in a British source; 1396, 1421 in British sources as paticia , paticium ), use as noun of neuter of classical Latin pactīcius agreed upon, stipulated (2nd cent. a.d.; < pactus , past participle of paciscere (see pact n.) + -īcius (see -itious suffix¹)), or < Old Occitan pati pact (frequently from 1379; probably < an unrecorded post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin pactus pact n.). Compare patise v., patising n.Middle French patis is frequently attested in 1371–1440, chiefly in texts originating from, or referring to events in, regions south of the Loire; only from 1432 is the word found in Parisian texts. It is unclear whether the present word is intended in the following example, where the French original has pastis ‘pasture’ (see further the note in R. Steele and M. Day Eng. Poems Charles of Orleans II. (1946)):c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 34 For in desert they putt haue his plesere, And ioye he holt of them but in patise [Fr. Et joye tenue en pastis].

Etymology: Probably originally a misreading of Paris (in Paris red n. (a) at Paris n. 5b).

Etymology: < Middle French patiser to make a pact (1352–6 as pastiger ; French pactiser , now rare) < pacte pact n. + -iger , -iser -ize suffix. With sense 1 compare also Middle French appatisser to bring (a city or country) under tribute (late 14th cent.). With sense 2a compare Italian patteggiare to covenant, bargain (1312; also in 15th–16th cent. or earlier as pateggiare , pattigiare , pattiggiare , patizare , pattizare ), Old Occitan pategar to make a pact (1392; also 1434 as pateyar , 15th cent. as patejar ). Compare patise n.¹