English
Pesch
Pesch comes from German Pesch, from Latin pascuus ‘pasture’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāskōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpasco‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascuus‘pasture’
- Germanc. 1650–presentPesch
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pāskōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpasco‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpascuus‘pasture’
- Germanc. 1650–presentPesch
- Englishearliest quotation 2018same form
Earliest quotation: 2018, Perri Klass, When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase: “And it turned out that the parent reports “were…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect’
company, food, father, pain, feed, pattern, foster, apparent, companion, pope, fur, papa, patron, patriot, penetration, fodder, pasture, fad, paternal, paternity, accompaniment, perpetrator, forage, padre, ayr, panini, patrician, pater, patrimony, pav, père, perpetrate, pantaloons, pannier, compere, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *pāskō
through Latin pasco ‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- / Pesch