Where does “pâtre” come from?

pâtre (French) comes from Old French pastre, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pâtre (French): shepherd, herdsman

Definitions

  1. shepherd, herdsman

Ancestry of “pâtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpastreshepherd
2LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
3Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
4Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāskō →Every word from Latin pāscō →