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Where does “pâtisser” come from?

pâtisser (French) comes from Old French pasticier, from Old French pastitz, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

pâtisser (French): to make pastry; to bake something

Definitions

  1. to make pastry; to bake something

Ancestry of “pâtisser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpasticiermake pâté, make pastry
2Old Frenchpastitz—
3Vulgar Latin*pastīcius—
4Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
5Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
6Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
7Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

Words derived from “pâtisser”

  • patisserie
  • patissier
  • pâtissier
  • pâtisserie
  • パティシエ
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