Etymograph

English

pasitrote

Pasitrote comes from Spanish pasitrote, from trote ‘trot (horse gait)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-1‘to spread out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pattus1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus1
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500passo1‘step’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentpaso1‘step, footstep’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presenttrotardeverb.1
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presenttrote1‘trot (horse gait)’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpasitrote2
  9. Englishtodaypasitrote2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish pasitrote
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pasitrote

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-Wiktionary, Spanish pasitrote‘to spread out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pattusWiktionary, Spanish pasitrotereconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassusWiktionary, Spanish pasitrote
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500passoWiktionary, Spanish pasitrote‘step’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentpasoWiktionary, Spanish pasitrote‘step, footstep’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presenttrotardeverb.Wiktionary, Spanish pasitrote
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presenttroteWiktionary, Spanish pasitrote‘trot (horse gait)’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpasitroteWiktionary, English pasitrote
  9. EnglishtodaypasitroteWiktionary, English pasitrote

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’

pass, repeat, pen, expansion, compete, expand, petition, helicopter, patent, feather, competitor, symptom, perpetual, impetus, spawn, perpetuate, expanse, pennant, perpetuity, petulant, pinion, impetuous, patina, pata, penna, patella, petulance, 78 more

through Latin passus

mile, pace, passage, passive, compass, pas, trespass, passable, 7 more

through Spanish paso ‘step, footstep’

paseo, 1 more

Today it means

noun A horse gait similar to an amble

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pasitrote”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish pasitrote. 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- / pasitrote

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