Where does “passen” come from?

passen (Middle English) comes from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

passen (Middle English): to pass

Definitions

  1. to pass

Ancestry of “passen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpasserto pass; to pass by
2Vulgar Latinpassareto walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active...
3Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
4LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “passen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin patior →Every word from Latin passus →