Where does “pasas” come from?
pasas (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish pasa, from Latin uva passa, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
pasas (Bikol Central): raisin
Ancestry of “pasas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pasa | raisin; feminine singular of paso |
| 2 | Latin | uva passa | — |
| 3 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 4 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |