Etymograph

English

impastation

Impastation comes from French impastation.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentimpastation
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1910same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentimpastation
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1910same form

Earliest quotation: 1910, Léonce Bénédite, Great Painters of the XIXth Century and Their Paintings: “His impastations, which even reach the skies, spoiled more…”

Every English word from French impastation

Today it means

noun The act of making into paste.

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Etymograph / French impastation / impastation

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