Etymograph

English

passata

Passata comes from Italian passata ‘glance, look’, from passare ‘to pass’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pat-s-tusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus‘step’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*passāre‘go through, pass by’reconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentpassare‘to pass’
  6. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpassata‘glance, look’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pat-s-tusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpassus‘step’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*passāre‘go through, pass by’reconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentpassare‘to pass’
  6. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpassata‘glance, look’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

compete, pen, expansion, petition, repeat, expand, helicopter, competitor, patent, symptom, perpetual, feather, impetus, spawn, perpetuate, expanse, perpetuity, pennant, petulant, pinion, impetuous, patina, penna, patella, petulance, pata, 81 more

through Latin passus ‘step’

mile, pace, passive, compass, pas, 9 more

through Vulgar Latin *passāre ‘go through, pass by’

trespass, 7 more

Today it means

noun Sieved raw tomatoes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- / passata

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