Etymology

passim

pas·sim
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Today it means: Used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited; here and there, throughout. Full definition →

Latin passim
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  1. Latinpandō
  2. Latinpassim
  3. English todaypassim

Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.