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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

paste flour moistened and kneaded XIV; mixture of flour and water used as a glue XVI; applied to various other mixtures XVII. — OF. paste (mod. pâte) = Sp., It. pasta :- late L. pasta small square piece of a medicinal preparation — Gr. pástē, pl. pastá, pastaí barley porridge, sb. uses of pastós sprinkled, f. pássein sprinkle.
Hence paste vb. XVI. pasteboard material made by pasting sheets of paper together XVI. pasty1 (-Y1) like paste. XVII.

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