Etymology of the French word pastis
the French word
pastisderived from the Old Provençal word
pastitzderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*pasticiumderived from the Late Latin word
pastaderived from the Greek word
pastederived from the Greek word
pastaderived from the Greek word
pastosderived from the Greek word
passeinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Classical Latin word
pastus (pasture, feeding ground; pasturage)
derived from the Late Latin word
pascere (feed, feed on; graze)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pa-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pā-Date
The earliest known usage of pastis in French dates from the 20th century.
Derivations in French
pastagaDerivations in other languages
English
pastis
