Where does “compassionlessness” come from?
compassionlessness (English) comes from English compassionless, from English compassion, from Middle English compassioun, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
compassionlessness (English): The quality, state, or condition of being...
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- The quality, state, or condition of being...
Ancestry of “compassionlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | compassionless | Without compassion; hardhearted |
| 2 | English | compassion | Deep awareness of the suffering of another,... |
| 3 | Middle English | compassioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | compassion | — |
| 5 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 6 | Latin | compatior | I suffer ; have compassion, pity |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |