Speakur

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pastina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pasti-na
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small piece of pasta used in soups etc.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Italian pasta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īna Italian -ina Italian pastinabor. English pastina Borrowed from Italian pastina.

Inflected Forms

pastinas (plural) pastine (plural)

Questions

What does pastina mean?
A small piece of pasta used in soups etc.
Where does pastina come from?
Etymology tree 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 Italian pasta Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īna Italian -ina Italian pastinabor. English pastina Borrowed from Italian pastina.

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