Where does “passion” come from?
passion (French) comes from Middle French passion, from Old French passion, from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
passion (French): Passion, suffering
Definitions
- Passion, suffering
Ancestry of “passion”, step by step
passion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French passion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | passion | passion |
| 2 | Old French | passion | passion (suffering) |
| 3 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Passion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Passion | passion, fervor; Passion |