Where does “passager” come from?
passager (French) comes from French passage, 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.
passager (French): Passenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a...
Definitions
- Passenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a...
Ancestry of “passager”, step by step
passager traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French passage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passage | The act of going through a place or event; The... |
| 2 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 3 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 4 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 6 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 7 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via Middle French passagier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | passagier | — |
| 2 | Middle French | passage | — |
| 3 | Old French | passage | passage part of a route or journey |
via Italian passeggiare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | passeggiare | to walk, to take a walk, to promenade, to stroll;... |
| 2 | Italian | passo | footstep; footprint; step |