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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 Englishpassionat—
2LatinpassionatusFull of passion
3Latinpassionareto be affected with passion

Words derived from “passionate”

  • passionately
  • dispassionate
  • dispassionately
  • passionateness
  • impassionate
  • dispassionateness
  • unpassionate
  • impassionately
  • overpassionate
  • nonpassionate
  • unpassionately
  • unpassionateness
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