pasta
English
/ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɑstə/, /ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɐːstə/, /ˈpɐːstɘ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
- (countable) A type of pasta.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pasta (pasta, dough) derived from Latin pasta (dough, paste, pastry cake) derived from Ancient Greek πάστα (barley porridge).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάστα
Gloss
barley porridge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pastagate English
- creepy English
- creepypasta English
- nonpasta English
- pastaholic English
- pastaless English
- pastalike English
- paste English
- pasta Finnish
- *pasticium Latin
- pasta Latin
- pastellum Latin
- Pasta German
- colapasta Italian
- pasta Italian
- pastaio Italian
- pasticceria Italian
- pastiera Italian
- pastificio Italian
- pastoso Italian
- pastume Italian
- tagliapasta Italian
- pasta Dutch, Flemish
- creepypasta Spanish, Castilian
- pasta Spanish, Castilian
- πάστα Ancient Greek
- πάστη Ancient Greek
- παστά Ancient Greek
- *kʷeh₁t- Proto-Indo-European
- pasta Norwegian Bokmål
- pasta Portuguese
- パスタ Japanese
- pasta Polish
- pasta Norwegian Nynorsk
- pasta Danish
- pasta Czech
- paste Old French
- pasta Catalan, Valencian
- pasta Icelandic
- पास्ता Hindi
- pasta Galician
- พาสตา Thai
- πάστα Greek (modern)
- pasta Welsh
- pasta Turkish
- pasta Faroese
- პასტა Georgian
- pasta Cimbrian
- pasta Slovak
- 파스타 Korean
- pasta Western Frisian
- pasta Sicilian
- pasta Mòcheno