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Where does “pastille” come from?

pastille (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pastille (French): small roll of dough containing fragrant...

Definitions

  1. small roll of dough containing fragrant...

Ancestry of “pastille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpastillapill; cake; bar
2Latinpastellus—
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pastille”

  • pastille
  • pastillation
  • pastillage
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