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Where does “unpassionate” come from?

unpassionate (English) comes from English passionate, from Middle English passionat, from Latin passionatus, from Latin passionare — to be affected with passion.

unpassionate (English): not passionate

Definitions

  1. not passionate

Ancestry of “unpassionate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpassionateGiven to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,...
2Middle Englishpassionat—
3LatinpassionatusFull of passion
4Latinpassionareto be affected with passion

Words derived from “unpassionate”

  • unpassionately
  • unpassionateness
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