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Where does “pastil” come from?

pastil (English) comes from French pastille, from Spanish pastilla, from Latin pastellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pastil (English): Dated form of pastille; Dated form of pastel

Definitions

  1. Dated form of pastille; Dated form of pastel

Ancestry of “pastil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpastillesmall roll of dough containing fragrant...
2Spanishpastillapill; cake; bar
3Latinpastellus—
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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