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

pasteless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpasteA soft moist mixture, in particular; A substance...
2Middle Englishpastedough for the making of bread or pastry
3Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
4Late Latinpastadough, pastry cake, paste; paste;...

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Late Latin pasta →