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