Where does “compassion fatigue” come from?
compassion fatigue (English) comes from English compassion, from Middle English compassioun, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
compassion fatigue (English): Exhaustion of the capacity to react with sympathy...
Definitions
- Exhaustion of the capacity to react with sympathy...
Ancestry of “compassion fatigue”, step by step
compassion fatigue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English compassion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compassion | Deep awareness of the suffering of another,... |
| 2 | Middle English | compassioun | compassion empathy for the suffering |
| 3 | Old French | compassion | — |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 5 | Latin | compatior | to suffer (with one); have compassion, (feel) pity |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |