myEtymology.com: English etymology of compassionate

Etymology of the English word compassionate

the English word compassionate

derived from the English word compassion

derived from the Old French word compassion

derived from the Latin word compassio (fellow-feeling, fellow-suffering; sympathy)

derived from the Late Latin word compassus

derived from the Late Latin word compati (suffer with one; pity, have compassion)

derived from the Latin word pati (suffer; allow; undergo)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

using the English suffix -ate