Etymology of the English word passant
the English word
passantderived from the Old French word
passantderived 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
*petÉ™-Usage
Word found in Modern English
