English
pasty
From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).
Formed from paste + -y
Ancient Greek πάσσω ‘to sprinkle’
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Ancient Greek παστά
Late Latin pasta
Old French paste ‘dough’
Middle English paste ‘dough for the making of bread or pastry’
English paste
Another origin of pasty
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400paste
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘dough for the making of bread or pastry’
- Englishtodaypasty
Today it means
adj Like paste, sticky.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pasty