passport
/ˈpæsˌpɔːt/PA-spawrt
/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/PA-spawrt
Meaninga gate
Common meaning: official document used for international travel
- passporta gateSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 424 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinporta‘a gate’source
- Frenchmeaning shiftsa gate → permission to pass through a portpasseport‘permission to pass through a port’source
- Englishmeaning shiftspermission to pass through a port → official document used for international travelpassport‘official document used for international travel’ · 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin porta ‘a gate’.
Roots
- porta Latin “a gate”
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