köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Latin iter Latin obiter From ob- + iter.
while passing by, in passing (while going past or passing by something) · incidentally, by the way, in passing (alongside the main matter; without making it the main topic)
köken: Borrowed from Russian мимохо́дом (mimoxódom).
Мимоходом се отбих при леля си, за да ѝ оставя лекарствата.
Той мимоходом погледна витрината, но не влезе в магазина.
Професорът мимоходом спомена един важен автор, който после се оказа ключов за темата.
köken: From Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַגַּב (ʾagaḇ, “on account of, upon the basis of, lit. on the back of”), from earlier עַל גַּב (ʿal gaḇ) + Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוֹרְחָא (ʾōrḥā, “way, road, path”).
Univerbation of ter + loop + -s. The combination of feminine ter and the masculine ending -s is unusual and is likely the result of analogy with other phrases beginning with te.