Where does “Passfoto” come from?
Passfoto (German) comes from German Paß, from French passeport, from French port, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
Passfoto (German): passport photo
Definitions
- passport photo
Ancestry of “Passfoto”, step by step
Passfoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Paß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Paß | pass, mountain pass |
| 2 | French | passeport | passport |
| 3 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 4 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 5 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 6 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 7 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 8 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 9 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 10 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 11 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via German foto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | foto | photograph picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface |
| 2 | German | Fotoapparat | camera |
| 3 | German | Apparat | apparatus, device; phone |
| 4 | Latin | apparātus | prepared, having been prepared |
| 5 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |