Where does “pasarela” come from?
pasarela (Spanish) comes from Italian passerella, from French passerelle, from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pasarela (Spanish): catwalk; footbridge; gangway
Definitions
- catwalk; footbridge; gangway
Ancestry of “pasarela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | passerella | footbridge, walkway, boardwalk; gangway; catwalk |
| 2 | French | passerelle | footbridge; bridge; gangway, bridge |
| 3 | French | -elle | Forming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old French | -ele | diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |