Where does “past” come from?

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

past (Old French): food, meal

Definitions

  1. food, meal

Ancestry of “past”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “past”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →