Where does “password” come from?
I'd be happy to help, but I notice the chain you've provided shows only labels without actual etymological information: "English word | English worth | English word | English worth | English word | English worth | English word | English worth" To write an accurate one-sentence origin summary, I need the actual chain data—the specific words and their meanings at each stage of the etymology, along with the language names. Could you provide the complete etymological chain for "password"? For example, it should look something like: password (English) | meaning | password (Middle English) | meaning | [Old French/Latin terms] | etc. Once you supply the actual chain, I can write the summary following all your rules.
password (English): A word used to gain admittance or to gain access...
Definitions
- A word used to gain admittance or to gain access...
Ancestry of “password”, step by step
password traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pass | "To change place."; "To change in state or... |
| 2 | English | passé | Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's... |
| 3 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 4 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 5 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 6 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 8 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 9 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via English Word
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 2 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 3 | Middle English | worth | to become |
| 4 | Old English | weorþ | worth, deserving; honoured, esteemed; worth,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |