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passer

/ˈpæsə/PA-sur
/ˈpæsɚ/PA-sur

Meaningone who passes

Common meaning: someone going by, as in passer-by

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pat-‘spread out, lie flat or open’source
  2. Late Latinpassare‘to pass’source
  3. Frenchpasser‘to pass’source
  4. Englishpass‘to go by’
  5. Englishformed in English from passpasser‘someone going by, as in passer-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: Formed in English from pass + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PASS, p.424 · scan

Source words

  • passare Late Latin · source word “to step, pace”

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