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Where does “repas” come from?

repas (French) comes from Old French repast, from Old French repaistre, from Latin repascere, from Latin pascere, from Latin pasco, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

repas (French): meal, repast

Definitions

  1. meal, repast

Ancestry of “repas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrepasta meal
2Old Frenchrepaistreto eat
3Latinrepascere—
4Latinpascerepresent active infinitive of pāscō; second-person...
5LatinpascoI feed, nourish, maintain, support; I pasture,...
6Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “repas”

  • repasto
  • repastar
  • repasteto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →