English
Pasteurism
From Pasteur + -ism.
Formed from Pasteur + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
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Latin pastor ‘a person who tends sheep’
Old French pastur ‘pastor’
Middle French pasteur
French pasteur ‘shepherd’
English Pasteur
Today it means
name pasteurisation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pasteurism