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Where does “pasta” come from?

pasta (Late Latin) comes from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

pasta (Late Latin): dough, pastry cake, paste; paste;...

Definitions

  1. dough, pastry cake, paste; paste;...

Ancestry of “pasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
2Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
3Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

Words derived from “pasta”

  • paste
  • pasta
  • pastry
  • toothpaste
  • pate
  • pasting
  • pasteboard
  • pasty
  • pastiche
  • patty
  • pated
  • pâté
  • pastrycook
  • patisserie
  • pasticcio
  • pastis
  • paster
  • addlepated
  • patissier
  • pastelike
  • baldpate
  • pastiness
  • pastedown
  • rattlepate
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