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Where does “passe” come from?

Passé comes from French passé, the past participle of French passer, derived from Latin passus, ultimately from Latin pati meaning to suffer or endure.

passe (English): Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's...

Definitions

  1. Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's...

Ancestry of “passe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpassépast tense; past; last
2Frenchpasserto go past; to cross; to pass
3Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
4Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
5Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
6Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
7LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “passe”

  • passe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →