Where does “passer” come from?

passer (French) comes 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.

passer (French): to go past; to cross; to pass

Definitions

  1. to go past; to cross; to pass

Ancestry of “passer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpasserto pass; to go by
2Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
3Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
4Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
5LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “passer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →