English
pasteurise
Pasteurise comes from French pasteuriser ‘to pasteurise’, from Latin pastor ‘a person who tends sheep’, 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 CEpastoras pastōrem‘a person who tends sheep’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPasteur
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpasteuriser‘to pasteurise’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014pasteurise
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 CEpastoras pastōrem‘a person who tends sheep’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentPasteur
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpasteuriser‘to pasteurise’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014pasteurise
Earliest quotation: 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu: “Opolot liked his milk straight from the cow –…”
Formed from -ise
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, father, pain, feed, pope, pattern, apparent, companion, foster, fur, penetration, papa, patron, patriot, fodder, perpetrator, fad, forage, accompaniment, ayr, paternal, paternity, padre, panini, patrician, perpetrate, père, pav, patrimony, pater, compere, pantaloons, pannier, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti ‘to guard, to protect’
through Latin pāscō ‘to feed, maintain, pasture, graze’
through Latin pastor ‘a person who tends sheep’
Today it means
verb To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- / pasteurise