8literbeater
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little known fact
patina is a fancy french word for rust
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Where did you hear that one? (It's Italian, meaning coat, glaze, film, lacquer, or varnish.)
It comes from Latin paten, much like platen, which both mean "plate", as in the dish. Also think chrome, nickel, brass plating.
plate↔plating↔platen↔paten↔patina
Language history - one of my hobbies.