Etymology

pastern

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Today it means: The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. Full definition →

Middle English pastron ← Old French pasturon ← Late Latin pastōria
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  1. Late Latin · derived frompastōria
  2. Old French · derived frompasturon
  3. Middle English · inherited frompastron
  4. English todaypastern

From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure.

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