Where does “pasture” come from?
pasture (Latin) comes from Latin pasturus, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
pasture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of pāstūrus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of pāstūrus
Ancestry of “pasture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pasturus | about to feed |
| 2 | Latin | pāscō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pāskō | to feed; to pasture |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |