Where does “Isola di Pasqua” come from?
Isola di Pasqua (Italian) comes from Dutch Paaseiland, from Dutch Pasen, from English pass, from English passé, from French passé, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer — to hate, hurt.
Ancestry of “Isola di Pasqua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Paaseiland | Easter Island |
| 2 | Dutch | Pasen | Easter |
| 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 |