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Where does “uncompassionately” come from?

uncompassionately (English) comes from English uncompassionate, from English compassionate, from French compassionné, from French compassionner, from French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn- — resin.

uncompassionately (English): Without compassion

Definitions

  1. Without compassion

Ancestry of “uncompassionately”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuncompassionateNot compassionate
2EnglishcompassionateHaving, feeling or showing compassion; Given to...
3Frenchcompassionnépast participle of compassionner
4Frenchcompassionnerto pity, feel sorry for
5Frenchcompassioncompassion, pity
6Ecclesiastical Latincompassiosympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,...
7LatincompatiorI suffer ; have compassion, pity
8Latincōn-—
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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