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[wheat mist]

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[green spear]

"passe" would make no sense as it's a verb and you can't have two conjugated verbs
I would presume it comes from the idea of it implying the words "let me through", vs. the other items which have a more simple and less social-interaction-based purpose

[snow oriole]

it's basically an order. "laissez passer" means "let them go through" and was originally like a letter with that order you'd show to authorities

[wicked orbit]

so conjugating it like laissez instead of laisse implies more authority?

[snow oriole]

it's just polite/plural imperative (originally speaking, because nowadays "laissez-passer" is a noun)