Where does “pastoralist” come from?
Pastoralist comes from English pastoral combined with Latin -ista, from Latin pastoralis meaning relating to shepherds, formed with the suffix Latin -alis from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.
pastoralist (English): Having features common to pastoralism; A person...
Definitions
- Having features common to pastoralism; A person...
Ancestry of “pastoralist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pastoral | Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other... |
| 2 | Old French | pastoral | — |
| 3 | Latin | pastoralis | shepherd; pastoral |
| 4 | Latin | pāstor | A person who tends sheep; shepherd |
| 5 | Latin | pāscō | to feed, nourish, maintain, support |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pāskō | to feed; to pasture |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |