Etymology of the French word passement
the Old French word
passementderived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of passement in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
passementer,
passementierDerivations in other languages
Italian
passamano, Romanian
pasmantCognates
Spanish
pasamientoUsage
Word found in Old French
