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passim

(pas′im)

adverb

here and there; in various parts (of a book, etc.)

Origin: L

See passim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb

Throughout or frequently; here and there. Used in textual annotation to indicate that something, such as a word or passage, occurs frequently in the work cited.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from passus

Origin: , past participle of pandere, to scatter, spread out; see petə- in Indo-European roots

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