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Where does “passata” come from?

passata (English) comes from Italian passata, from Italian passare, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

passata (English): Sieved raw tomatoes

Definitions

  1. Sieved raw tomatoes

Ancestry of “passata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpassataglance, look; tomato purée, pureed tomatoes;...
2Italianpassareto pass; to exist; to there be; to take place; to...
3Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
4Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
5LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →