Where does “dispassionate” come from?
Dispassionate comes from English passionate with the prefix dis-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, meaning to lack emotion or bias.
dispassionate (English): not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias,...
Definitions
- not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias,...
Ancestry of “dispassionate”, step by step
dispassionate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dispassion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dispassion | Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state;... |
| 2 | English | dis- | reversal or removal; apart; Used as an... |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English passionate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | passionate | Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,... |
| 2 | Middle English | passionat | Easily inflamed |
| 3 | Latin | passionatus | Full of passion |
| 4 | Latin | passionare | to be affected with passion |