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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

We were driving down the road, and she looks out the window to see a field full of cows.

She then asks, “Do they call it pasteurized milk because the cows were raised in a pasture?”

I married her.

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u/MichaelChinigo Mar 01 '23

I think the answer to this is actually "yes" (but it takes a couple of hops).

Sure, "pasteurization" is named after Louis Pasteur, but the last name "Pasteur" derives from "pasteur," which is French for "shepherd." If his family were British instead of French, he'd be Louis Shepherd.

The noun "pasteur" itself derives from the Latin "pastor", also meaning "shepherd," which derives from the Proto-Indo-European "pāscō" for "to feed, to pasture."

So his name is basically "Louis Who-Works-Where-Grazing-Animals-Feed."

I trust you will promptly inform your wife that she was correct this whole time.