Where does “Pa-xtơ” come from?

Pa-xtơ (Vietnamese) comes from French pasteur, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

Ancestry of “Pa-xtơ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpasteurshepherd; pastor, a title of Protestant ministers
2LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
3Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
4Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāskō →Every word from Latin pāscō →