köken: From Dutch pastoor, from Middle Dutch pastōor, from Latin pāstor, from pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskō Latin pāscō Latin pāstor Old Spanish pastor Spanish pastorbor. Tagalog pastor Borrowed from Spanish pastor, from Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pāstor, from pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti, from *peh₂-. Doublet of pastol, an early borrowing.