Where does “pasture” come from?

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

pasture (Middle French): pasture grassy field upon which cattle graze

Definitions

  1. pasture grassy field upon which cattle graze

Ancestry of “pasture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpasturepasture grassy field upon which cattle graze
2Latinpastūrapasture, grazing ground
3Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-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 →