Where does “pasto” come from?

pasto (Tok Pisin) comes from English pastor, from Old French pastor, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pasto (Tok Pisin): pastor

Definitions

  1. pastor

Ancestry of “pasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpastorA shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of...
2Old Frenchpastorshepherd; pastor
3LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
4Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāskō →Every word from Latin pāscō →