repasto

Ido

FWOTD – 6 September 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from English repast, French repas, Italian pasto. Decision no. 15, Progreso II.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈpas.to/

Noun

repasto (plural repasti)

1. meal, repast
   • 1914, Progreso, page 338:

     Milioni e miliardi de tala vivo-mendikeri prenas richa repasti de la peceti di la homala nutro.

     Millions and billions of such life beggars [referring to bacteria] take rich meals from bits of the human sustenance.

Derived terms

• repastar (“to have a meal”)
• repasteto (“light repast”)
• repasteyo (“dining room, dining hall, mess”)

References

• Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 74, 578

Interlingua

Etymology

Presumably derived from English repast, French repas and Italian pasto. Compare Ido repasto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈpas.to/

Noun

repasto (plural repastos)

1. meal, repast
   • 1961 June, “Conferentia international Maryland super le spectroscopia”, in Spectroscopia Molecular‎, volume 10, number 110, Forrest Cleveland, page 31:

     Repastos e dormitorios moderne essera disponibile al universitate a un costo modeste.

     Meals and modern dormitories will be available at the university at a modest price.

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1971), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 96