Where does “passeport” come from?
passeport (French) comes from French port, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
passeport (French): passport
Definitions
- passport
Ancestry of “passeport”, step by step
passeport traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French port
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 2 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 3 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 4 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 5 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 6 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 7 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 8 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 9 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via French passé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 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 |