Etymology of the English word passible
the English word
passiblederived from the Old French word
passiblederived from the Late Latin word
passibilis (passible, capable of feeling, suffering)
derived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
