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Where does “pastoralisme” come from?

pastoralisme (French) comes from French pastoral, from Latin pastorale, from Latin pastoralis, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pastoralisme (French): pastoralism

Definitions

  1. pastoralism

Ancestry of “pastoralisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpastoralpastoral
2Latinpastoralenominative neuter singular of pāstōrālis;...
3Latinpastoralisshepherd; pastoral
4Latinpāstor—
5Latinpāscō—
6Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →