Where does “compassionate” come from?
compassionate (Italian) comes from Italian compassionato, from Italian compassionare, from Italian compassione, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
compassionate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “compassionate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | compassionato | past participle of compassionare |
| 2 | Italian | compassionare | To feel pity or compassion |
| 3 | Italian | compassione | compassion, pity |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 5 | Latin | compatior | to suffer (with one); have compassion, (feel) pity |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |