Where does “pasta” come from?
pasta (Polish) comes from English copypasta, from English copy-paste, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia — resin.
pasta (Polish): A soft mixture, paste
Definitions
- A soft mixture, paste
Ancestry of “pasta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copypasta | A block of text which has been copied and pasted... |
| 2 | English | copy-paste | The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else |
| 3 | English | copy | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of... |
| 4 | Middle English | copy | — |
| 5 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 7 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 8 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |