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Where does “unpassionateness” come from?

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

unpassionateness (English): Absence of passion

Definitions

  1. Absence of passion

Ancestry of “unpassionateness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunpassionatenot passionate
2EnglishpassionateGiven to strong feeling, sometimes romantic,...
3Middle Englishpassionat—
4LatinpassionatusFull of passion
5Latinpassionareto be affected with passion
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