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Where does “compassionato” come from?

compassionato (Italian) comes from Italian compassionare, from Italian compassione, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

compassionato (Italian): past participle of compassionare

Definitions

  1. past participle of compassionare

Ancestry of “compassionato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliancompassionareTo feel pity or compassion
2Italiancompassionecompassion, pity
3Ecclesiastical Latincompassiosympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,...
4LatincompatiorI suffer ; have compassion, pity
5Latincōn-—
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “compassionato”

  • compassionate
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