Etymology

pastel

past·el
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Today it means: Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender. Full definition →

French paste ← Italian pastello ← Latin pastellum
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pastel · noun1

  1. Ancient Greekπάσσω (pássō)
  2. Ancient Greekπαστός (pastós)
  3. Ancient Greekπαστά (pastá)
  4. Latinpasta
  5. Latinpastellus
  6. Latinpastellum
  7. Italianpastello
  8. Frenchpaste
  9. English todaypastel

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello (“pastel”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pastegh, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

pastel · noun2

  1. Ancient Greekπάσσω (pássō)
  2. Ancient Greekπαστός (pastós)
  3. Ancient Greekπαστά (pastá)
  4. Latinpasta
  5. Latinpastellus
  6. Latinpastellum
  7. Italianpastello
  8. Old Frenchpastel
  9. Spanishpaste
  10. English todaypastel

Borrowed from Spanish pastel, ultimately the same word as Etymology 1.

Words from the same roots

Latinpasta all →

pastichio

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.