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)

1. compassion (empathy for the suffering)
2. Suffering with another.
3. (rare) That which damages; injury.

Descendants

• English: compassion

References

• “compassiǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.