passion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A very strong feeling, such as love, excitement, or anger.

   She spoke about the project with great passion.

2. 2
   noun

   A strong interest or enthusiasm for something you love doing.

   Music has always been his greatest passion.

3. 3
   noun

   Strong romantic or sexual feelings.

   The novel is a story of love and passion.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion 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…

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