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

Definitions

  1. hobby; pastime

Ancestry of “passe-temps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpassetempspastime; hobby
2Middle Frenchtempstime
3Old Frenchtempsweather
4Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →