Where does “passage” come from?
Passage comes from French passage, derived from French passer meaning to pass, ultimately from Latin passus meaning step or pace.
passage (English): Describing a bird that has left the nest, is...
Definitions
- Describing a bird that has left the nest, is...
Ancestry of “passage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passager | Passenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a... |
| 2 | French | passage | The act of going through a place or event; The... |
| 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 |