Where does “Pastellfarbe” come from?
Pastellfarbe (German) comes from German pastellen, from German Pastell, from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός — to shake.
Pastellfarbe (German): pastel color/colour
Definitions
- pastel color/colour
Ancestry of “Pastellfarbe”, step by step
Pastellfarbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German pastellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pastellen | pastel |
| 2 | German | Pastell | pastel |
| 3 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 4 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 5 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 6 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
via German farbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | farbe | colour |
| 2 | Middle High German | varwe | color, hue |
| 3 | Old High German | farawa | colour, blee; color |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |