Etymograph

English

pastiglia

Pastiglia comes from Italian pastiglia ‘pastille, lozenge’, from Spanish pastilla ‘pill’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- ‘to shake’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷeh₁t-‘to shake’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘sprinkle’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστός‘sprinkled with salt, salted’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστά
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpasta‘dough, paste’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpastellum‘dough, paste’diminutive form of pasta
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentpastilla‘pill’
  8. Italianc. 1300–presentpastiglia‘pastille, lozenge’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2005same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷeh₁t-‘to shake’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘sprinkle’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστός‘sprinkled with salt, salted’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστά
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpasta‘dough, paste’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpastellum‘dough, paste’diminutive form of pasta
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentpastilla‘pill’
  8. Italianc. 1300–presentpastiglia‘pastille, lozenge’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2005same form

Earliest quotation: 2005, Malcolm Bull, Objects: “But it was the white-lead pastiglia box that was…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek παστά

pasta, 14 more

through Latin pasta ‘dough, paste’

paste, patisserie, 13 more

through Latin pastellum ‘dough, paste’

pastel, 4 more

Today it means

noun Low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- / pastiglia

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