Where does “impassionateness” come from?
impassionateness (English) comes from English impassionate, from English passionate, from Middle English passionat, from Latin passionatus, from Latin passionare — to be affected with passion.
impassionateness (English): The quality of being impassionate lacking passion
Definitions
- The quality of being impassionate lacking passion
Ancestry of “impassionateness”, step by step
impassionateness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impassionate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impassionate | filled with passion; impassioned; Lacking... |
| 2 | English | passionate | Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,... |
| 3 | Middle English | passionat | Easily inflamed |
| 4 | Latin | passionatus | Full of passion |
| 5 | Latin | passionare | to be affected with passion |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |