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Where does “pasteless” come from?

pasteless (English) comes from English paste, from Middle English paste, from Old French pasté, from Late Latin pasta — dough, pastry cake, paste; paste;...

pasteless (English): Without paste

Definitions

  1. Without paste

Ancestry of “pasteless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpasteA soft moist mixture, in particular; A substance...
2Middle Englishpaste—
3Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
4Late Latinpastadough, pastry cake, paste; paste;...
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