Where does “pastor” come from?

Pastor comes from Old French pastor, derived from Latin pastor meaning "shepherd," from Latin pasco meaning "to feed," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- with the same sense.

pastor (English): A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of...

Definitions

  1. A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of...

Ancestry of “pastor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpastorshepherd; pastor
2LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
3Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
4Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “pastor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →