pasero

Esperanto

Dompasero (Passer domesticus)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈsero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: pa‧se‧ro

Etymology 1

From Italian passero, French passereau, Latin passer. Compare Interlingua passere.

Noun

pasero (accusative singular paseron, plural paseroj, accusative plural paserojn)

1. sparrow (clarification of this definition is needed)

Hypernyms

• paserino (“female sparrow”)

Derived terms

• kantopasero (“song sparrow”)

Descendants

• → Ido: pasero

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.

Proto-Italic *pattus

Vulgar Latin passus

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Vulgar Latin -ereinflu.

Vulgar Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *passāre

Old French passer

Middle French passer

French passerder.

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Vulgar Latin *passāre

Italian passareder.

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Old French passerbor.

Middle English passen

English passder.

Esperanto pasi

Esperanto -ero

Esperanto pasero

From pasi (“to pass”) + -ero (“element”).

Noun

pasero (accusative singular paseron, plural paseroj, accusative plural paserojn) (rare)

1. (wordplay) a fragment of someone or something which passes

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto pasero, French passereau, Italian passero, Latin passer.

Noun

pasero (plural paseri)

1. sparrow

Derived terms

• paserala
• paserino
• paserohuo (“pygmy owl”)
• paserulo