English
Passion
Passion comes from Latin Passiō ‘suffering’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPassiō‘suffering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Passion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPassiō‘suffering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Passion
Earliest quotation: 1983, R.E.M., Talk About The Passion: “Empty bread, empty mouths, combien réaction. Empty bread, empty…”
The story
From Latin Passiō, a proper-noun use of passiō (‘suffering’) (a sense of passion which is now obsolete or archaic in English).
Every English word from Latin Passiō
Today it means
name The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Passiō / Passion