English
Pastorius
Pastorius comes from German Schäfer ‘shepherd’, from Latin pāscō ‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect, to ward’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂sti‘to guard, to protect’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāskō‘to feed’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāscō‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāstor‘shepherd’
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchäfer‘shepherd’
- EnglishtodayPastorius
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect, to ward’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂sti‘to guard, to protect’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāskō‘to feed’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāscō‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāstor‘shepherd’
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchäfer‘shepherd’
- EnglishtodayPastorius
The story
Latinized form of German Schäfer (‘shepherd’), from Latin pāstor (‘shepherd’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, father, pain, feed, pattern, pope, apparent, foster, fur, companion, penetration, papa, patron, patriot, fodder, fad, accompaniment, paternal, paternity, perpetrator, ayr, forage, padre, panini, perpetrate, patrician, pater, père, pav, patrimony, compere, pantaloons, pannier, 61 more
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti ‘to guard, to protect’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- / Pastorius