Where does “overcompassionate” come from?
overcompassionate (English) comes from English compassionate, from French compassionné, from French compassionner, from French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
overcompassionate (English): Showing too much compassion
Definitions
- Showing too much compassion
Ancestry of “overcompassionate”, step by step
overcompassionate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English compassionate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compassionate | Having, feeling or showing compassion; Given to... |
| 2 | French | compassionné | past participle of compassionner |
| 3 | French | compassionner | to pity, feel sorry for |
| 4 | French | compassion | compassion, pity |
| 5 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 6 | Latin | compatior | to suffer (with one); have compassion, (feel) pity |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |