Impassion
/ɪmˈpæʃ.ən/noun
To fill or inflame with intense emotion, especially passion.
Did you know?Impassion is built from Latin roots meaning “in” + “suffering/feeling,” and its history sits right beside older ideas of passion as intense suffering before it became desire.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
impassio
“to affect deeply; to move emotionally”
Late Latin
Latin
impassionare
“to excite or inflame with feeling”
Middle French
French
impassionner
“to excite with strong feeling”
16th Century
English
impassion
“to fill with passion or emotion”
Modern English
English
impassion
“to inspire or stir intense feeling”