Latin

pasta

‘dough, paste’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin pasta.

17 English words in this record descend from Latin pasta, most familiar first.

• paste
• pastel ← pastello ← pastellum ← pastellus
• pastiche ← pasticcio ← *pastīcius
• patisserie ← pâtisser ← pasticier ← *pastīcius
• pastis ← *pastīcius
• patissier ← pâtisser ← pasticier ← *pastīcius
• pasticcio ← *pastīcius
• pastilla ← pastellum
• pâtissier ← pâtisser ← pasticier ← *pastīcius
• pasticceria ← pasticcio ← *pastīcius
• pastiglia ← pastilla ← pastellum
• pasticcerie ← pasticceria ← pasticcio ← *pastīcius

More words from pasta

• pastichio
• pasteli
• pasticciotto
• pastillage
• pastila

Etymograph / Latin pasta