English
Pastagate
From pasta + -gate.
Formed from pasta + -gate
Ancient Greek πάσσω ‘to sprinkle’
Ancient Greek παστός ‘sprinkled with salt’
Ancient Greek παστά ‘barley porridge’
Late Latin pasta
Italian pasta ‘paste’
English pasta
Today it means
name The 2013 scandal wherein an Italian restaurant was requested by the OQLF to use the French language on its menus. The incident was falsely believed to have been an attempt by Quebec to ban the word ‘pasta.’
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pastagate