Where does “paste” come from?

paste (Middle French) comes from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

Ancestry of “paste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
2Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
3Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
4Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
5Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake

Words derived from “paste

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-
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