Where does “impassioned” come from?
Impassioned comes from English passion with the prefix in-, deriving from Latin passus meaning "suffering," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European oyd-.
impassioned (English): Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent
Definitions
- Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent
Ancestry of “impassioned”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impassion | make passionate, instill passion in |
| 2 | English | passion | Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | passion | passion, that which must be endured, suffering,... |
| 4 | Old French | passion | passion (suffering) |
| 5 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |