Where does “pass” come from?
I need to work through this etymology chain, but I notice the chain provided appears to be incomplete or malformed—it shows "English password | English word | English worth | English word" etc., which seems to be placeholder text rather than an actual etymological chain. Without a proper etymological chain showing the actual source language and meaning development for "pass," I cannot write an accurate one-sentence origin summary that meets your requirements of naming every language and tracing the sense development. Could you provide the complete etymological chain for "pass"? It should show something like: - English pass ← Old French passer ← Latin passus ← [etc.] With the actual source languages and original spellings, I can write the required summary sentence.
pass (English): "To change place."; "To change in state or...
Definitions
- "To change place."; "To change in state or...
Ancestry of “pass”, step by step
pass traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English passé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | passé | Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's... |
| 2 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 3 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 4 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 5 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 7 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 8 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via Polish pas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | pas | belt; fess; pass |
| 2 | French | pas | step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch |
| 3 | Old French | pas | pace; step; Alternative form of past |
| 4 | Latin | pāstus | having eaten, consumed |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Middle English passen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | passen | to pass |