Where does “pâture” come from?

pâture (French) comes from Old French pasture, from Latin pastūra, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pâture (French): grazing food for livestock; pasture; first-person...

Definitions

grazing food for livestock; pasture; first-person...

Ancestry of “pâture”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	pasture	pasture grassy field upon which cattle graze
2	Latin	pastūra	pasture, grazing ground
3	Latin	pāstus	having eaten, consumed
4	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pâture”

pâturage
pâturer
pâturin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →