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.

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