Last time, we’d stopped off at Greek and this time, we move on to Latin. The flower got its name from its corona resembling a crown of thorns, its ten petals and sepals as the apostles (which did not include Peter or Judas), and other various parts of the flower resembling nails and wounds. Les LaMotte from Minneapolis/St. This happens at the level ‘beneath’ the brain, in biblical terms, for a man in the bowels, for women in the womb - in other words, deep within.”, Found this: from a comment from Rev. DE 19809, USA. This page was last edited on 25 May 2020, at 21:19. Thanks for sharing. Consider that passion is engaging in an intense desire to the point where it hurts. Well written. In Middle English also sometimes "the state of being affected or acted upon by something external" (late 14c., compare passive). (by extension) an event, occurrence, phenomenon 4. Signed by: Rev. The modern definition still carries the idea of the word describing a force which often forces you to do things. Paul - Burnsville Minnesota on September 02, 2018: I need your cooperation ASAP to affirm the use of your name in my story. It replaced Old English þolung (used in glosses to render Latin passio), literally "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure." John Werner https://hubpages.com/humanities/The- Etymology-of-... (don't have specific use rights here, but, have requested them.). passion (n.) c. 1200, "the sufferings of Christ on the Cross; the death of Christ," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c. The modern use also defines passion as being an irrational force that's also irresistible. I hope that you and yours have a great weekend. c. 1200, "the sufferings of Christ on the Cross; the death of Christ," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c. Voted up. The word ‘passion’ can be traced back to its 5000 year old Proto-Indo-European base ‘*pei’, which meant ‘to hurt’. The word ‘passion’ is well established in Christian theology but its use, once adopted from Old French, only took fifty years to expand its range of meanings. I give my permission to Les LaMotte to use the above quote with my name in his upcoming book Titled “Imagineer Your Future”. View facebook.com/etymologyotd’s profile on Facebook, The history of the English language, 100 – 600 CE, The history of the English language, 1500 BCE – 100 CE. By the mid 17th century ‘passion’ had expanded its meaning again by describing a strong enthusiasm for anything- be it an aim or object that was pursued with very strong enthusiasm, ‘his passion was for the law’ (late 19th century). As a word, it has been very useful, although the modern version is akin to comparing a Jumbo Jack to a prime cut of tenderloin. The sense was extended to the sufferings of martyrs, and suffering and pain generally, by early 13c. ‘cedrus’, comes from a Greek word ‘kedros’, no magic involved, they just meant the tree. The original meaning of ‘passion’ was still being used in 1633 however, as seen in the naming of the ‘passionflower’.

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