Where does “passcard” come from?

passcard (English) comes from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

passcard (English): A card that allows the bearer to pass a security...

Definitions

  1. A card that allows the bearer to pass a security...

Ancestry of “passcard”, step by step

passcard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English card

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcardA playing card; Any game using playing cards; a...
2Middle Englishcardeplaying card
3Old FrenchcarteAlternative form of chartre
4Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
5Frenchcartela cartel
6Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
7Italiancartapaper; map; menu
8Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
9Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
10Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via English pass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpass"To change place."; "To change in state or...
2EnglishpasséDated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's...
3Frenchpassépast tense; past; last
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 ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης