pasta English · revision 15061

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1673|origins=ine-pro *kwet-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈpæs.tə/, US /ˈpɑː.stə/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|it|pasta|t=paste, dough]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[la-lat|pasta|t=dough, pastry cake, paste]] (see [[paste]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[grc|παστά|tr=pastá|t=barley porridge]], probably first a salted mess of food, from an adjective meaning sprinkled or salted, from [[m|grc|πάσσω|tr=pássō|t=to sprinkle]],^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*kwet-|t=to shake]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Italian dough foods: 1673 in the OED, 1827 in Merriam-Webster, 1874 in Barnhart and Etymonline, where it is an Italian word in a book about Rome.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was not common in English until after the Second World War.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1673 – pasta.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1874 – an Italian word in a book about Rome.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * after 1945 – in common use.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A dough of wheat flour and water, often with egg, shaped into forms such as [[spaghetti]] or [[macaroni]] and boiled.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A dish made mainly of pasta.^(AHD)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[paste]]

+ * [[patty]]

+ * [[pastry]]

+ * [[pâté]]

+ * [[pastiche]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}