pasta
Sicilian
/ˈpasta/
noun
Definitions
- pasta
- dough
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pasta (dough, paste, pastry cake) derived from Ancient Greek πάστα (barley porridge).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάστα
Gloss
barley porridge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- paste English
- *pasticium Latin
- pasta Latin
- pastellum Latin
- Pasta German
- pasta Italian
- pasta Dutch, Flemish
- pasta Spanish, Castilian
- πάστα Ancient Greek
- πάστη Ancient Greek
- παστά Ancient Greek
- *kʷeh₁t- Proto-Indo-European
- pasta Portuguese
- pasta Polish
- pasta Czech
- paste Old French
- pasta Catalan, Valencian
- pasta Galician
- pasta Slovak