pasta

noun
/ˈpæs.tə/UK/ˈpʰastə//ˈpɑ.stə/US/ˈpæs.tə/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Old Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Old Latin ops Old Latin cōps Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cōpia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste ▲ Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English pasta blend English copypastaclip. English pasta Clipping of copypasta.

  1. derived from πάσσω
  2. derived from παστά — “barley porridge
  3. derived from pasta — “dough, pastry cake, paste
  4. borrowed from pasta

Definitions

  1. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various…

    Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

  2. A dish or serving of pasta.

  3. A type of pasta.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving…

      A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).

    2. Dental filling.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pasta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA