I think pesto doesn't belong there: it comes from a different Latin word that seems unrelated. - "From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to

I think pesto doesn't belong there: it comes from a different Latin word that seems unrelated. - "From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”)." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pesto#Italian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pesto#Italian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pasta#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pasta#Latin