Where does “pasture” come from?

pasture (Italian) comes from Italian pastura, from Latin pastūra, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pasture (Italian): plural of pastura

Definitions

  1. plural of pastura

Ancestry of “pasture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpasturapasture, grazing; bait; third-person singular...
2Latinpastūrapasture, grazing ground
3Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →