Where does “passionate” come from?

Passionate derives from Latin passionatus, the past participle of passionare, meaning to suffer or endure strong emotion.

passionate (English): Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,...

Definitions

  1. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,...

Ancestry of “passionate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpassionatEasily inflamed
2LatinpassionatusFull of passion
3Latinpassionareto be affected with passion

Words derived from “passionate”

Every word from Latin passionare →Every word from Latin passionatus →Every word from Middle English passionat →