Where does “Passage” come from?
Passage (German) 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.
Passage (German): Passage; a leg of a journey
Definitions
- Passage; a leg of a journey
Ancestry of “Passage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |