Where does “passatempo” come from?
passatempo (Italian) comes from Italian passare, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
passatempo (Italian): pastime, hobby; toy, plaything
Definitions
- pastime, hobby; toy, plaything
Ancestry of “passatempo”, step by step
passatempo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |