Where does “păsa” come from?
păsa (Romanian) comes from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
păsa (Romanian): to care; to go, leave; to walk; to try, to look...
Definitions
- to care; to go, leave; to walk; to try, to look...
Ancestry of “păsa”, step by step
păsa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French passer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 2 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 3 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 5 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 6 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |
via Latin pauso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pauso | I halt, cease, pause; I rest in the grave |
| 2 | Latin | pausa | a pause, halt, stop, cessation, end |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παῦσις | stopping, ceasing |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |