passport English · revision 10310

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1500|origins=frm passeport}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpɑːspɔːt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈpæspɔɹt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|passeport|t=authorization to pass through a port]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from passe, the imperative of passer, to pass (see [[pass]]), and port, harbour, seaport (see [[port]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Authorization to pass from a port, to leave or enter a country: about 1500, as pase-porte; this sense is obsolete.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A formal document authorizing a person to pass out of or into a country is from 1546,^(OED 1989) and a permit allowing discharged soldiers, paupers and others to travel to their homes from 1548.^(OED 1989) A document granted to a neutral merchant ship in wartime is from 1581,^(OED 1989) as is the figurative sense, something that gives the right of entry, as ''a passport to success''.^(OED 1989) A licence to move dutiable goods without duty is from 1715.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1500 – permission to leave a port.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1546 – a travel document.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1548 – a permit for discharged soldiers.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1581 – a ship's passport; figurative use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1715 – a customs licence.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An official [[document]] that certifies one's identity and citizenship and permits travel abroad.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A permit from a foreign country to travel through it or carry goods.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something that secures admission or acceptance: ''a passport to success''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[passportless]]

+ * [[Nansen passport]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pass]]

+ * [[port]]

+ * [[password]]

+ * [[visa]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}