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Where does “passageway” come from?

Passageway derives from English way and away, Italian passeggiare, French passer, and Latin passus, ultimately from a root meaning to step or pass.

passageway (English): A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings;...

Definitions

  1. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings;...

Ancestry of “passageway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpassageDescribing a bird that has left the nest, is...
2FrenchpassagerPassenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a...
3FrenchpassageThe act of going through a place or event; The...
4Frenchpasserto go past; to cross; to pass
5Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
6Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
7Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
8Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
9LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →