English
patisserie
Patisserie comes from French pâtisserie ‘pastry (food item)’, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius ‘dough’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek πάσσω ‘sprinkle’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘sprinkle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘salted’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστά‘barley porridge’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpasta‘paste’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pastīcius‘dough’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasticier‘make pâté, make pastry’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpâtisser‘to make pastry’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpâtisserie‘pastry (food item)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1768patisserie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάσσωpássō‘sprinkle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστόςpastós‘salted’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαστά‘barley porridge’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpasta‘paste’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pastīcius‘dough’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pasticier‘make pâté, make pastry’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpâtisser‘to make pastry’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpâtisserie‘pastry (food item)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1768patisserie
Earliest quotation: 1768, Mr. Yorick pseudonym; Laurence Sterne, Le Patisser. Versailles.: “He had a little wife, he ſaid, whom he…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
concussion, cashier, quash, fracas, casco, zouk, repercussion, casse, 28 more
through Ancient Greek παστά ‘barley porridge’
through Late Latin pasta ‘paste’
through Vulgar Latin *pastīcius ‘dough’
Today it means
noun A shop that sells pastries and cakes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πάσσω / patisserie