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pastor

/ˈpæstə/PA-stur
/ˈpæstɚ/PA-stur

Meaninga shepherd

Common meaning: a minister (once a shepherd)

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PA‘feed, nourish, protect’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 186, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpāscō, pāstum‘to feed, put to graze’
  3. Englishpastor‘a minister (once a shepherd)’ · today

past also in: pasturerepast

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pāscō ‘to feed, put to graze’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pāscō, p. 1311 · dictionary scan

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Related words

pasturerepast

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