Where does “passionnément” come from?
passionnément (French) comes from French passionné, from French passionner, from French passion, from Middle French passion, from Old French passion, from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
passionnément (French): passionately, to distraction
Definitions
- passionately, to distraction
Ancestry of “passionnément”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | passionné | passionate, impassioned; past participle of... |
| 2 | French | passionner | to impassionate, to motivate; to take an avid... |
| 3 | French | passion | passion |
| 4 | Middle French | passion | passion |
| 5 | Old French | passion | passion |
| 6 | Latin | passiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |