Where does “Pasteurisierung” come from?

Pasteurisierung (German) comes from German pasteurisieren, from French pasteur, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

Pasteurisierung (German): pasteurization

Definitions

  1. pasteurization

Ancestry of “Pasteurisierung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpasteurisierento pasteurize
2Frenchpasteurshepherd; pastor, a title of Protestant ministers
3LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
4Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic pāskōEvery word from Latin pāscō
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