Where does “파스텔” come from?
파스텔 (Korean) comes from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
파스텔 (Korean): pastel
Ancestry of “파스텔”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 2 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 3 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 4 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |