Where does “repast” come from?

repast (Old French) comes from Old French repaistre, from Latin repascere, from Latin pascere, from Latin pasco, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

repast (Old French): a meal

Definitions

  1. a meal

Ancestry of “repast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrepaistreto eat
2Latinrepascere—
3Latinpascerepresent active infinitive of pāscō; second-person...
4LatinpascoI feed, nourish, maintain, support; I pasture,...
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “repast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāskō →Every word from Latin pasco →