pastichio

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαστά“barley porridge”
2. Latin · derived frompasta“dough, pastry cake, paste”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*pasticium
4. Italian · derived frompasticcio“hodge-podge”
5. English todaypastichio

From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche.

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