Feminine

passie

  1. (feminine) passion (emotion)
  2. (feminine) passion (something one enthuses about)
  3. (feminine) passion (suffering)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɑ.si/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch passie, from Old French passion, from Latin passiō (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *pe(i)- (“to hurt”), see also Old English feond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

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