Where does “pas” come from?

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

pas (Polish): belt; fess; pass

Definitions

  1. belt; fess; pass

Ancestry of “pas”, step by step

pas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpasstep, pace, footstep; strait, pass; thread, pitch
2Old Frenchpaspace; step; Alternative form of past
3Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Slavic pȍjāsъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpȍjāsъgirdle
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*jṓˀsteito gird, to band
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₃s-gird; belt, girdle

Words derived from “pas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
pas — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer