Where does “compassiō” come from?
compassiō (Latin) comes from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
compassiō (Latin): fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement, compassion
Definitions
- fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement, compassion
Ancestry of “compassiō”, step by step
compassiō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin passiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ | sympathy, fellow feeling |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |