Where does “pas” come from?

pas (Old French) comes from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pas (Old French): pace; step; Alternative form of past

Definitions

  1. pace; step; Alternative form of past

Ancestry of “pas”, step by step

pas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pāstus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Latin passus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpassusspread out; dried; step
2LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “pas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin pāstus →