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Where does “bergpas” come from?

bergpas (Dutch) comes from Dutch pas, from Dutch passen, from English pass, from English passé, from French passé, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer — to hate, hurt.

bergpas (Dutch): mountain pass

Definitions

  1. mountain pass

Ancestry of “bergpas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpasjust; hardly; only, not until, not any sooner
2Dutchpassento fit; to try on, to fit, to try for size; to...
3Englishpass"To change place."; "To change in state or...
4EnglishpasséDated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's...
5Frenchpassépast tense; past; last
6Frenchpasserto go past; to cross; to pass
7Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
8Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
9Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
10Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
11LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →