Compassionate

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late 16th century: from compassion + -ate2, influenced by archaic French compassioné ‘feeling pity’.


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A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner(“feel sorry for”).


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compassionate (adj.)

"characterized by compassion," 1580s, from compassion + -ate (1). Related: Compassionately. Phrase compassionate conservatism in American political language recorded by 1992, popularized, if not coined, by Marvin Olasky, instructor at University of Texas at Austin.