English
forepassage
From fore- + passage.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread’
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Latin passus ‘step’
Vulgar Latin *passāre ‘go through, pass by’
Old French passer ‘to pass’
Old French passage
English passage
Today it means
noun The forward or front part of a passageway; an entryway to a passage.
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Etymograph / forepassage