Where does “passus” come from?

passus (Latin) comes from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

passus (Latin): spread out; dried; step

Definitions

  1. spread out; dried; step

Ancestry of “passus”, step by step

passus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin patior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

via Proto-Italic pattus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpattus
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

Words derived from “passus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁-