First Known Use: 1634
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passim
adverb pas·sim \ˈpa-səm; ˈpa-ˌsim, ˈpä-\
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Origin of PASSIM
Latin, from passus scattered, from past participle of pandere to spread — more at fathom
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- about, around, here and there
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