Where does “pasta” come from?

Pasta comes from Italian pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός meaning "sprinkled" or "salted," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kweh₁t-.

pasta (English): Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes...

Definitions

  1. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes...

Ancestry of “pasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpastapaste; pasta, noodles; dough
2Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
3Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
4Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
5Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

Words derived from “pasta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- →