Etymology of the French word compassion
the Old French word
compassionderived from the Latin word
compassio (fellow-feeling, fellow-suffering; sympathy)
derived from the Late Latin word
compassusderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of compassion in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
compassionnerDerivations in other languages
English
compassion, Romanian
compasiuneCognates
Italian
compassione, Spanish
compasionUsage
Word found in Old French
