compassion
English
/kəmˈpæʃ.ən/
noun
Definitions
- Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French compassion derived from Latin compassio, compati.
Origin
Latin
compati
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compassion fatigue English
- compassionable English
- compassionless English
- compassionlessly English
- compassionlessness English
- fatigue English
- incompassion English
- uncompassion English
- compassio Latin
- compati Latin
- passiō Latin
- compassione Italian
- compassion French
- compassion Old French