Where does “antepast” come from?

antepast (English) comes from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

antepast (English): A foretaste

Definitions

  1. A foretaste

Ancestry of “antepast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →