Etymology

dispassionate

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Today it means: Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice. Full definition →

English passionate ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis-
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dispassionate · adjective1

  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. Englishpassionate
  11. English todaydispassionate

From dis- + passionate.

dispassionate · verb2

  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. Englishdispassion
  22. English todaydispassionate

From dispassion + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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