Where does “pastel” come from?
Pastel comes from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pasta meaning dough or paste, from Ancient Greek παστός meaning sprinkled or kneaded.
pastel (English): Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually...
Definitions
- Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually...
Ancestry of “pastel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 2 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 3 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 4 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
Words derived from “pastel”