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Where does “pastur” come from?

pastur (Old French) comes from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pastur (Old French): shepherd; pastor

Definitions

  1. shepherd; pastor

Ancestry of “pastur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāstor—
2Latinpāscō—
3Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “pastur”

  • Pasteur
  • pasteurize
  • pasteurizer
  • Pasteurian
  • Pasteurism
  • pasteurise
  • radiopasteurize
  • pasteurizable
  • pasteurisable
  • pasteur
  • radiopasteuriser
  • pasteurise
  • pasteuriser
  • pasteuriza
  • pasteur
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