Where does “past” come from?

past (Middle French) comes from Old French past, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

past (Middle French): food, meal

Definitions

  1. food, meal

Ancestry of “past”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpastfood, meal
2Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-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 →