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Etymology of the English word passport

the English word passport
derived from the Old French word passeport
derived from the Old French word passer
derived from the Vulgar Latin word passare
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-
derived from the French word port
derived from the Latin word portus (port, harbor; refuge)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-

Cognates

Catalan pas, Dutch passepoil, Dutch pas, Dutch passen, Dutch passeren, Dutch pad, English pass, English path, 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 passera

Usage

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