Where does “pasto” come from?

pasto (Portuguese) comes from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pasto (Portuguese): pasture; grass or herbage suitable for the...

Definitions

  1. pasture; grass or herbage suitable for the...

Ancestry of “pasto”, step by step

pasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pāstus

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

via English Pashtun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPashtunOf or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture
2PashtoپښتونPashtun

Words derived from “pasto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin pāstus