Where does “pastă” come from?
pastă (Romanian) comes from Greek πάστα, from Italian pasta, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
pastă (Romanian): paste; dough; pulp
Ancestry of “pastă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | πάστα | layered cake with cream; pasta; paste |
| 2 | Italian | pasta | paste; pasta, noodles; dough |
| 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 |