köken: Literally, “doing way”, with the positioning of the present participle after its complement which was frequent in Old French (the modern French equivalent would be faisant chemin). Compare tambour battant, Belle au bois dormant.
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: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Old French seur Middle French sur French surder. Esperanto sur Esperanto vojo Esperanto -e Esperanto survoje From sur (“on”) + vojo (“way”) + -e.
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”).
cmn順便 /顺便
Etimoloji
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.