Where does “pasteur” come from?
pasteur (Norman) comes from Old French pastur, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
pasteur (Norman): pastor
Ancestry of “pasteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | pastur | shepherd; pastor |
| 2 | Latin | pāstor | — |
| 3 | Latin | pāscō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pāskō | to feed; to pasture |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |