Etymograph

English

pasta

Pasta comes from Italian pasta ‘paste’, from Ancient Greek παστά ‘barley porridge’, and ultimately from πάσσω ‘to sprinkle’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘to sprinkle’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá‘barley porridge’neuter plural of παστός
  4. Late Latinmodernpasta
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘paste’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘to sprinkle’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá‘barley porridge’neuter plural of παστός
  4. Late Latinmodernpasta
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘paste’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti

concussion, cashier, quash, repercussion, fracas, zouk, casco, casse, 28 more

through Ancient Greek παστά ‘barley porridge’

pastel, patisserie, pastiche, 14 more

through Italian pasta ‘paste’

paste, 1 more

Another origin of pasta

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiuncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘to sprinkle’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt, salted’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá
  5. Late Latinmodernpasta
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘paste’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of pasta

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiuncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘to sprinkle’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt, salted’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá‘barley porridge’
  5. Late Latinmodernpasta
  6. Philippine Spanishmodernsame form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάσσω / pasta

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