Where does “prepastoral” come from?
prepastoral (English) comes from English pastoral, from Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
prepastoral (English): Before pastoralism
Ancestry of “prepastoral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pastoral | Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other... |
| 2 | Old French | pastoral | — |
| 3 | Latin | pastoralis | shepherd; pastoral |
| 4 | Latin | pāstor | — |
| 5 | Latin | pāscō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pāskō | to feed; to pasture |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |