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Where does “pastore” come from?

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

pastore (Italian): shepherd; minister, pastor, parson; plural of...

Definitions

  1. shepherd; minister, pastor, parson; plural of...

Ancestry of “pastore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāstor—
2Latinpāscō—
3Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “pastore”

  • pastorello
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →