Etymology

dispassion

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Today it means: Freedom from passion; the absence of passion; an undisturbed state; ataraxy. Full definition →

English passion ← Middle English passioun ← Old French passion
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  12. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  14. Latinpatior
  15. Latinpassiō
  16. Old Englishpassion
  17. Latinpassiō
  18. Old Frenchpassion
  19. Middle Englishpassioun
  20. Englishpassion
  21. English todaydispassion

From dis- + passion.

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