The story
- French · borrowed fromen passant
- English todayen passant
An unadapted borrowing from French en passant.
First known use, by meaning
- from early 17th c. In passing, by the way, incidentally.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
en passant
en pas·santToday it means: Of a capture, performed by a pawn on an enemy pawn that has just passed over its attack zone. Full definition →
First used early 17th c.French en passant