Etymology

pastegh

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Today it means: a kind of Armenian fruit leather made by simmering mashed fruits and berries, then drying the thickened substance in sheets Full definition →

Armenian պաստեղ (pasteł) ← Ancient Greek πάστιλλος (pástillos) ← Latin pastillus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂s-?
  3. Proto-Italic*pāstnis
  4. Latinpastillus
  5. Ancient Greekπάστιλλος (pástillos)
  6. Armenianպաստեղ (pasteł)
  7. English todaypastegh

Borrowed from Armenian պաստեղ (pasteł), from Middle Armenian պաստեղ (pasteł), from Old Armenian *պաստեղ (*pasteł), borrowed from Ancient Greek πάστιλλος (pástillos), borrowed from Latin pastillus (“pastille”), from Archaic Latin *pāstin-los, from *pāstṇlos, from *pāstn-elos, from Proto-Italic *pāstnis + *-elos. Doublet of pastel, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

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