Where does “rite de passage” come from?
rite de passage (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.
rite de passage (French): rite of passage
Definitions
- rite of passage
Ancestry of “rite de passage”, step by step
rite de passage traces back through two 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 |