From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio ("suffering"), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus, from deponent verb patior, from Proto-Indo-European *pehโ- ("to hurt"), see also Old English fฤond ("devil, enemy"), Gothic ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฐ๐ฝ ("to blame").
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