Where does “pastillage” come from?

pastillage (French) comes from French pastille, from Spanish pastilla, from Latin pastellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pastillage (French): The mounting of components on a printed circuit...

Definitions

  1. The mounting of components on a printed circuit...

Ancestry of “pastillage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpastillesmall roll of dough containing fragrant...
2Spanishpastillapill; cake; bar
3Latinpastellusa seal made of wax
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus