Where does “Pastel” come from?
Pastel (Portuguese) comes from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
Pastel (Portuguese): crayon
Definitions
- crayon
Ancestry of “Pastel”, step by step
Pastel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pastello
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 2 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 3 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
via Old French pastel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pastel | — |
| 2 | Latin | pastillus | cake, pastille; pastille |
| 3 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |