Where does “vaataparsi” come from?
vaataparsi (Greenlandic) comes from Danish vaterpas, from Dutch waterpas, from Dutch pas, from Dutch passen, from English pass, from English passé, from French passé, from French passer — to hate, hurt.
vaataparsi (Greenlandic): spirit level
Definitions
- spirit level
Ancestry of “vaataparsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | vaterpas | spirit level |
| 2 | Dutch | waterpas | A level, tool for finding whether a surface is... |
| 3 | Dutch | pas | just; hardly; only, not until, not any sooner |
| 4 | Dutch | passen | to fit; to try on, to fit, to try for size; to... |
| 5 | English | pass | "To change place."; "To change in state or... |
| 6 | English | passé | Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's... |
| 7 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 8 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 9 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 10 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 11 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 12 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 13 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |