Where does “passe-temps” come from?
passe-temps (French) comes from Middle French passetemps, from Middle French temps, from Old French temps, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
passe-temps (French): hobby; pastime
Ancestry of “passe-temps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | passetemps | pastime; hobby |
| 2 | Middle French | temps | time |
| 3 | Old French | temps | weather |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |