passion

passion · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
5. Latinpatior
6. Latinpassiō
7. Old Englishpassion
8. Latinpassiō
9. Old Frenchpassion
10. Middle Englishpassioun
11. English todaypassion

From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

Passion · proper noun²

1. Latin · borrowed fromPassiō
2. English todayPassion

From Latin Passiō, a proper-noun use of passiō (“suffering”) (a sense of passion which is now obsolete or archaic in English).

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