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Where does “agropastorale” come from?

agropastorale (Italian) comes from Italian pastorale, from Latin pastoralis, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

agropastorale (Italian): agropastoral

Definitions

  1. agropastoral

Ancestry of “agropastorale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpastoralepastoral; bucolic; rural
2Latinpastoralisshepherd; pastoral
3Latinpāstor—
4Latinpāscō—
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →