Where does “Passwortsicherheit” come from?
Passwortsicherheit (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.
Passwortsicherheit (German): password security
Definitions
- password security
Ancestry of “Passwortsicherheit”, step by step
Passwortsicherheit 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 Sicherheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sicherheit | certainty; security; safety |
| 2 | German | sicher | safe, secure; sure, certain; safely |
| 3 | Middle High German | siher | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sihur | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sikur | secure, safe; sure, certain |
| 6 | Latin | sēcūrus | careless, negligent |
| 7 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 8 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |