## Meanings
1. A success in a test or exam.
2. The act of kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball to a teammate.
3. An official ticket or document that allows you to enter or do something.

## Examples
- She needs a pass in maths to enter the course.
- His quick pass set up the winning goal.
- The media representatives had special passes to the event.

## Derived Forms
- back-pass
- backpass
- band-pass
- bandpass
- by-pass
- bypass
- circumpass
- footpass
- forpass
- forthpass
- half-pass
- hallpass

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: passen
- Root: passer
- Root: *passo
- Root: passus
- Root: *pattus
- Root: *peth₂-

## Etymology
From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom. Displaced native Old English genġan.

## AI Etymology
Pass comes from Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). Displaced native Old English genġan. Modern senses include a success in a test or exam and the act of kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball to a teammate. The wider word family includes derivatives such as back-pass, backpass, band-pass, bandpass, by-pass, and bypass.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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