Etymology of the English word passover
the English word
passoverderived from 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-derived from the English word
overderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*uberiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperUsage
Word found in Modern English
