pastina

English

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.

Noun

pastina (plural pastinas or pastine)

1. A small piece of pasta used in soups etc.

Italian

Etymology

From pasta +‎ -ina (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈti.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pa‧stì‧na

Noun

pastina f (plural pastine)

1. small piece of pasta used in soups etc.

Further reading

• “pastina”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• panasti, spanati, spianta, spinata

Latin

Verb

pastinā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pastinō

References

• "pastina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)