Pasture
/ˈpæs.tʃər/noun
Land covered with grass for grazing animals.
Did you know?Pasture comes through Old French from Latin pastura, meaning “grazing” or “pasturage,” from pascere, “to feed,” the same root behind pastoral and even pastor—the “shepherd” who feeds a flock.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pa-
“to feed”
Latin
Latin
pascere
“to feed, graze, let feed”
Latin
Latin
pastura
“grazing, pasturage”
Old French
Old French
pasture
“grazing land; pasture”
Middle English
English
pasture
“grazing land for livestock”
Modern English
English
pasture
“land used for grazing animals”