Where does “pas” come from?
pas (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan pas, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
pas (Catalan): step, pace; action; pace, gait, rhythm of walking
Definitions
- step, pace; action; pace, gait, rhythm of walking
Ancestry of “pas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | pas | — |
| 2 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 3 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |