Where does “passaporto” come from?
passaporto (Italian) comes from Italian porto, from Portuguese Porto, from Old Portuguese porto, from Latin Portus Cale, from Latin Portus, from Proto-Italic portus, from Proto-Indo-European pértus, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
passaporto (Italian): passport
Definitions
- passport
Ancestry of “passaporto”, step by step
passaporto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian porto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | porto | port, harbour; port; carriage |
| 2 | Portuguese | Porto | Oporto |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | porto | — |
| 4 | Latin | Portus Cale | Oporto |
| 5 | Latin | Portus | ” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”}} Portus large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | portus | harbour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Italian passare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | passare | to pass; to exist; to there be; to take place; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 3 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 4 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |