Where does “passable” come from?
passable (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.
passable (French): Passable; tolerable; fair
Definitions
- Passable; tolerable; fair
Ancestry of “passable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Words derived from “passable”