Etymology

pasture

pas·ture
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Today it means: Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding. Full definition →

Middle English pasture ← Anglo-Norman pastour ← Latin pastūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂sti
  3. Proto-Italic*pāskōr
  4. Latinpāscor
  5. Latinpastūra
  6. Anglo-Normanpastour
  7. Middle Englishpasture
  8. English todaypasture

Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra.

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