English
pase
Pase comes from Spanish pase ‘pass, permit’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-1‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pattus1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus1
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*passāre1‘go through, pass by’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500passar1
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpasardeverb.1
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpase1‘pass, permit’
- Englishtodaypase1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English pase
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-Wiktionary, English pase‘to spread out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pattusWiktionary, English pasereconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassusWiktionary, English pase
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*passāreWiktionary, English pase‘go through, pass by’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500passarWiktionary, English pase
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpasardeverb.Wiktionary, English pase
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpaseWiktionary, English pase‘pass, permit’
- EnglishtodaypaseWiktionary, English pase
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’
repeat, compete, pen, expansion, petition, helicopter, expand, patent, competitor, feather, symptom, perpetual, impetus, perpetuate, spawn, perpetuity, pennant, petulant, expanse, pinion, impetuous, patina, penna, patella, petulance, pata, 78 more
through Latin passus
mile, pace, passage, passive, compass, trespass, pas, passable, 6 more
through Vulgar Latin *passāre ‘go through, pass by’
Today it means
noun A maneuver in bullfighting in which a bullfighter tries to get a bull's attention by manipulating his cape.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pase”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- / pase