Where does “ffug-bàs” come from?
ffug-bàs (Welsh) comes from Welsh pàs, from Esperanto pasio, from French passion, from Middle French passion, from Old French passion, from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ffug-bàs (Welsh): dummy, feigned pass
Definitions
- dummy, feigned pass
Ancestry of “ffug-bàs”, step by step
ffug-bàs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh pàs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | pàs | mountain pass |
| 2 | Esperanto | pasio | passion |
| 3 | French | passion | Passion, suffering |
| 4 | Middle French | passion | passion |
| 5 | Old French | passion | passion (suffering) |
| 6 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |