Where does “pas” come from?

pas (French) comes from Old French pas, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pas (French): step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch

Definitions

  1. step, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch

Ancestry of “pas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaspace; step; Alternative form of past
2Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →