pā-

To protect, feed. Oldest form *peə₂-, colored to *paə₂-, contracted to *pā-.

Derivatives include fodder, forage, fur, food, foster, pasture, pantry, and company.

1. Suffixed form *pā-trom.

a. fodder, from Old English fōdor, fodder;

b. forage, foray, fourragère, from Old French feurre, fodder;

c. fur, furrier, from Old French forre, fuerre, trimming made from animal skin, fur (< “sheath, case, lining”). a-c all from Germanic *fōdram.

2. Suffixed form *pā-dhlom (doublet of *pā-trom). pabulum, from Latin pābulum, food, fodder.

3. Extended form *pāt-.

a. food, from Old English fōda, food, from Germanic *fōd-, food;

b. feed, from Old English fēdan, to feed, from Germanic denominative *fōdjan, to give food to;

c. suffixed form *pāt-tro-. foster, from Old English fōstor, food, nourishment, from Germanic *fōstra-.

4. Extended form *pās-.

a. Suffixed form *pās-sko-. pasture; antipasto, repast, from Latin pāscere, to feed;

b. suffixed form *pās-tor-. pastern, pastor, pester, from Latin pāstor, shepherd;

c. suffixed form *pās-t-ni-. panada, panatela, panic grass, pannier, panocha, pantry, pastille, penuche; appanage, companion¹, company, from Latin pānis, bread.

5. Suffixed form *pā-tor-. bezoar, from Persian pād, protecting against, from Iranian *pātar- (Avestan pātar-).

6. Suffixed form *pā-won-, protector. satrap, from Old Persian khshathra-pāvā, protector of the province.

 

[Pokorny pā- 787, 1. pō(i)- 839.]

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