Etymology

passtime

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Middle English passe tyme ← Middle French passe-temps
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The story

  1. Middle French · calque ofpasse-temps
  2. Middle English · inherited frompasse tyme
  3. English todaypasstime

From Middle English passe tyme, calque of Middle French passe-temps.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpasse tyme all →

pastime

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.