Where does “unpassierbar” come from?
unpassierbar (German) comes from German passierbar, from German passieren, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior — to hate, hurt.
unpassierbar (German): impassable, insurmountable
Definitions
- impassable, insurmountable
Ancestry of “unpassierbar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | passierbar | passable, traversable, negotiable, surmountable |
| 2 | German | passieren | to happen; to move beyond; pass; to pass through... |
| 3 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 4 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 5 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 7 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 8 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |