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Where does “Pastete” come from?

Pastete (German) comes from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

Pastete (German): pâté

Definitions

  1. pâté

Ancestry of “Pastete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
2Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
3Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
4Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
5Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

Words derived from “Pastete”

  • Gänseleberpastete
  • pasteto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- →