Where does “passage” come from?
passage (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.
passage (French): The act of going through a place or event; The...
Definitions
- The act of going through a place or event; The...
Ancestry of “passage”, step by step
passage 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 Old French passage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | passage | passage part of a route or journey |