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
Ancestry of “passen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 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 |
Words derived from “passen”