- paste (n.)
- c.1300 (mid-12c. as a surname), "dough," from Old French paste "dough, pastry" (13c., Modern French pâte), from Late Latin pasta "dough, pastry cake, paste" (see pasta). Meaning "glue mixture" is first attested mid-15c.
- paste (v.2)
- "hit hard," 1846, probably an alteration of baste "beat" (see lambaste). Related: Pasted; pasting.
- paste (v.1)
- "to stick with paste," 1560s; see paste (n.). Related: Pasted; pasting.