Where does “Pastellstift” come from?
Pastellstift (German) comes from German Pastell, from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω — to shake.
Pastellstift (German): pencil from pastel
Definitions
- pencil from pastel
Ancestry of “Pastellstift”, step by step
Pastellstift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Pastell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pastell | pastel |
| 2 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 3 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 4 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |