Where does “ватерпас” come from?
ватерпас (Russian) comes from Dutch waterpas, from Dutch pas, from Dutch passen, from English pass, from English passé, from French passé, from French passer, from Middle French passer — to hate, hurt.
ватерпас (Russian): level, water level, spirit level
Definitions
- level, water level, spirit level
Ancestry of “ватерпас”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | waterpas | A level, tool for finding whether a surface is... |
| 2 | Dutch | pas | just; hardly; only, not until, not any sooner |
| 3 | Dutch | passen | to fit; to try on, to fit, to try for size; to... |
| 4 | English | pass | "To change place."; "To change in state or... |
| 5 | English | passé | Dated; out of style; old-fashioned; Past one's... |
| 6 | French | passé | past tense; past; last |
| 7 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 8 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 9 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 11 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 12 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |