means A sweet or savory baked food made from a stiff dough of flour, fat, and water, ranging from flaky croissants to pie crusts and filled tarts.

from From Old French 'pastaierie', built on 'paste' — dough or paste — which traces back to Late Latin 'pasta', meaning a paste or dough of barley meal. That same root quietly fattened into the Italian 'pasta' you twirl at dinner, so the croissant and the spaghetti are distant cousins, both descended from a humble lump of moistened flour.