compassioun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- compaccioun, compassion, compassyon, compassyone, compassyoun
Etymology
From Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio; equivalent to con- + passioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔmˌpasiˈuːn/, /kɔmˈpasjun/
Noun
compassioun (uncountable)
- compassion (empathy for the suffering)
- Suffering with another.
- (rare) That which damages; injury.
Descendants
- English: compassion
References
- “compassiǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.