Where does “passe” come from?
passe (Danish) comes from French passé, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
passe (Danish): to look after; to be true; to fit
Definitions
- to look after; to be true; to fit
Ancestry of “passe”, step by step
passe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French passé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 2 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 3 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 4 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 6 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 7 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via Middle Low German passen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | passen | to observe |