Where does “Pas-de-Calais” come from?
Pas-de-Calais (English) comes from French Pas de Calais, from French dé, from Middle French de, from Old French dé, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
Ancestry of “Pas-de-Calais”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Pas de Calais | Dover Strait |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |