Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passionless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sion-less
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking in passion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English passionless From passion + -less.

Inflected Forms

more passionless (comparative) most passionless (superlative)

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Questions

What does passionless mean?
Lacking in passion.
Where does passionless come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English passionless From passion + -less.

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