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Where does “pastegh” come from?

pastegh (English) comes from Armenian պաստեղ, from Old Armenian պաստեղ, from Ancient Greek πάστιλλος, from Latin pastillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pastegh (English): a kind of Armenian fruit leather made by...

Definitions

  1. a kind of Armenian fruit leather made by...

Ancestry of “pastegh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianպաստեղpastegh
2Old Armenianպաստեղpastegh
3Ancient Greekπάστιλλοςpastille
4Latinpastilluscake, pastille; pastille
5Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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