Reconstruction:Latin/passare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From passus (“step, pace”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix). Later borrowed from Romance into Medieval and Modern Latin (e.g. Queneau's autobi passebant completi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pasˈsare/

Verb

*passāre (Proto-Romance)

go through, pass by

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: passae, passai, passare
Balkano-Romance:
- Romanian: păsa^[1]
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Corsican: passà
  Gallurese: passà
  
  Sassarese: passà
- Istriot: passà
- Italian: passare
- Sicilian: passari
- Venetan: pasar
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: passâ
- Ladin: passer
- Romansch: passar, passer
Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: pasâ
- Romagnol: pasêr
- Piedmontese: passé
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: passar
- Occitan: passar
- Old French: passer (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: pasar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: passar
  - Galician: pasar
  - Portuguese: passar
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: pasar
  - Extremaduran: passal
  - Leonese: pasare
  - Mirandese: passar
- Spanish: pasar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*passare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 726

^ “păsa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

[1] “păsa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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