Where does “passivate” come from?
passivate (Italian) comes from Italian passire, from Italian passo, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
passivate (Italian): second-person plural imperfect indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural imperfect indicative of...
Ancestry of “passivate”, step by step
passivate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian passire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | passire | to wither, shrivel |
| 2 | Italian | passo | footstep; footprint; step |
| 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 |
via Italian passivare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | passivare | To passivate |
via Italian passivato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | passivato | past participle of passivare |