Where does “pasaĝero” come from?
pasaĝero (Esperanto) comes from French passager, from French passage, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior — to hate, hurt.
pasaĝero (Esperanto): passenger
Definitions
- passenger
Ancestry of “pasaĝero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passager | Passenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a... |
| 2 | French | passage | The act of going through a place or event; The... |
| 3 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 4 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 5 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 7 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 8 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |