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pass

/ˈpæs/PAS
/ˈpæs/PAS

Meaningto step, pace

Common meaning: to go by

Other meanings: to move on

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAT‘spread out, lie flat or open’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 192, p. 736 · scan
  2. Late Latinpassare‘to pass’source
  3. Frenchpasser‘to pass’source
  4. Englishpass‘to go by’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin passare ‘to step, pace’.

Roots

  • passare Late Latin “to step, pace”

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