Where does “passenger” come from?
Passenger comes from Old French passagier, derived from Old French passage and Old French passer, from Latin passare, based on Latin passus meaning "step" or "pace," ultimately from Latin patior meaning "to suffer" or "to endure."
passenger (English): One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who...
Definitions
- One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who...
Ancestry of “passenger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | passagier | — |
| 2 | Old French | passage | passage part of a route or journey |
| 3 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 5 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 6 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |