Impassioned
/ɪmˈpæʃənd/noun
Filled with or showing strong emotion or enthusiasm.
Did you know?In medieval Christian Latin, the ancestor of “passion” referred especially to Christ’s suffering, so the emotional force in “impassioned” comes from a history where feeling and pain were linguistically intertwined.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₂-
“to suffer, endure”
Latin
Latin
passiō
“suffering, enduring; later, intense feeling”
Old French
Old French
passion
“suffering; strong emotion”
Middle English
English
passioun
“suffering, the Passion of Christ; intense feeling”
Modern English
English
impassioned
“filled with strong feeling; fervent”