Where does “pasture” come from?

pasture (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): pasture grassy field upon which cattle graze

Definitions

  1. pasture grassy field upon which cattle graze

Ancestry of “pasture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpastūrapasture, grazing ground
2Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pasture”

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