Etymology of the English word pass
the English word
passderived from the Old French word
passerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
passarederived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petə-Derivations in English
bypass,
passband,
passbook,
passkey,
password,
underpass,
overpass,
passer,
passed,
passing,
passover,
passalong,
by-passDerivations in other languages
Italian
telepassCognates
Catalan
pas, Dutch
passepoil, Dutch
pas, Dutch
passen, Dutch
passeren, Dutch
pad, English
path, English
passport, French
passer, French
passepoil, French
passeport, French
pas, German
passen, German
Paspel, German
passieren, German
Pfad, Italian
passare, Italian
passo, Italian
passaporto, Norwegian
pass, Norwegian
passe, Norwegian
passere, Polish
paszport, Russian
пacпopт, Spanish
pasar, Swedish
passpoal, Swedish
pass, Swedish
passa, Swedish
passeraUsage
Word found in Modern English
