Etymology

pastie

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Today it means: An item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples. Full definition →

Middle English paste ← Anglo-Norman paste ← Old French pasté
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pastie · noun1

From paste + -ie. First use appears c. 1954, in the publications of E. J. Abbot.

pastie · noun2

  1. Old French · derived frompasté
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompaste
  3. Middle English · inherited frompaste
  4. English todaypastie

From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpaste all →

paste

Old Frenchpasté all →

paste

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