Where does “Benutzerpasswort” come from?
Benutzerpasswort (German) comes from German Passwort, from English password, from English pass, from English passé, from French passé, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer — to hate, hurt.
Benutzerpasswort (German): user password
Definitions
- user password
Ancestry of “Benutzerpasswort”, step by step
Benutzerpasswort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Passwort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Passwort | password |
| 2 | English | password | A word used to gain admittance or to gain access... |
| 3 | English | pass | "To change place."; "To change in state or... |
| 4 | English | passé | Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's... |
| 5 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 6 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 7 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 8 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 10 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 11 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via German Benutzer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Benutzer | user |
| 2 | German | benutzen | to use |
| 3 | German | nützen | Alternative form of nutzen |
| 4 | Middle High German | nützen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | nuzzōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nutōną | To make use of; employ |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nutō | use, profit, yield |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | newd- | to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to... |