Where does “passion” come from?
Passion comes from Middle English passion, from Old French passion, from Latin passio (suffering), derived from passus, past participle of pati and patior (to suffer), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pe(i)-.
passion (English): Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially...
Definitions
- Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially...
Ancestry of “passion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | passion | passion, that which must be endured, suffering,... |
| 2 | Old French | passion | passion (suffering) |
| 3 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |