pasta

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A dish or serving of pasta.
• A type of pasta.

Origin

• Borrowed from Italian pasta ("paste; pasta, noodles"), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα, neuter plural from παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω ("to sprinkle"), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- ("to shake"). paste, and patty.