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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | compassion | Deep awareness of the suffering of another,... |
| 2 | Middle English | compassioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | compassion | — |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 5 | Latin | compatior | I suffer ; have compassion, pity |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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,... |