English
pastiche
Pastiche comes from Italian pasticcio ‘pie, something blended’, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius ‘dough’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek πάσσω ‘to sprinkle’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσω‘to sprinkle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá‘barley porridge’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpasta‘dough, pastry cake, paste’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pastīcius‘dough’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentpasticcio‘pie, something blended’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpastiche
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσω‘to sprinkle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘sprinkled with salt’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστάpastá‘barley porridge’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpasta‘dough, pastry cake, paste’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pastīcius‘dough’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentpasticcio‘pie, something blended’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpastiche
- Englishearliest quotation 2008same form
Earliest quotation: 2008, Natalie Angier, A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family: “That the genetic code of the platypus proved to…”
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’
through Late Latin pasta ‘dough, pastry cake, paste’
through Vulgar Latin *pastīcius ‘dough’
Today it means
noun A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάσσω / pastiche