Where does “outrepasser” come from?
outrepasser (French) comes from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
outrepasser (French): to go beyond, exceed, overstep
Definitions
- to go beyond, exceed, overstep
Ancestry of “outrepasser”, step by step
outrepasser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French passer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 2 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 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 |
via French outré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | outré | excessive; outrageous; past participle of outrer |
| 2 | Old French | oltre | above; over the top of |
| 3 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |