pas etymology

French word pas comes from Proto-Indo-European *pete-, Proto-Indo-European *pe(i)-, Proto-Indo-European *pent-, Old Latin mīlle passum, and later Latin patior (I allow, acquiesce, submit.. I suffer, endure.)

Detailed word origin of pas

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*pete- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*pe(i)- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*pent- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
mīlle passum Old Latin (itc-ola)
*patno- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
patior Latin (lat) I allow, acquiesce, submit.. I suffer, endure.
passum Latin (lat) A kind of alcoholic wine made with dried grapes.
pas French (fra) (geography) strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, "Strait of Dover"). Step, pace, footstep (colloquial) not. (ne ... pas) not.

Words with the same origin as pas

Descendants of *pete-
Pas de Calais Pas-de-Calais compas faux pas mile mille milliard milliardaire millier million millième millépore millésime paso doble passage passation passer passion passoire pourquoi pas repasser trépas trépasser
Descendants of *pent-
Dupont entrepont patois patrouiller patte ponceau pont pont aérien pont tournant pont-levis pontage ponter pontier pontife pontifier ponton