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Where does “passablement” come from?

passablement (French) comes from French passable, 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.

passablement (French): passably or reasonably well

Definitions

  1. passably or reasonably well

Ancestry of “passablement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchpassablePassable; tolerable; fair
2Frenchpasserto go past; to cross; to pass
3Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
4Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
5Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
6Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
7LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →