The story
From loving + kindness. The word arises in the King James Version of the Bible as a translation of Hebrew חסד (ḥeseḏ, “grace, kindness, love; chesed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lovingkindness
lov·ing·kind·nessToday it means: Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy. Full definition →