Today, a friend asked me
,,Was ist Leidenschaft in deinen Augen?"
What is passion in your eyes?
The german noun for passion, ,Leidenschaft' , comes from the verb ,leiden', to suffer. I replied
,,Man leidet, weil das, wofür man es tut, einem äußerst wichtig ist."
You suffer, because that for which you do is exceedingly important to you.
,,Das ist Leidenschaft" she answered
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Well said. There is no need to expound. That is passion.
AntwortenLöschenI got this from dictionary.com for the roots of the English word:
passion
late 12c., "sufferings of Christ on the Cross," from O.Fr. passion, from L.L. passionem (nom. passio) "suffering, enduring," from stem of L. pati "to suffer, endure," from PIE base *pei- "to hurt" (cf. Skt. pijati "reviles, scorns," Gk. pema "suffering, misery, woe," O.E. feond "enemy, devil," Goth. faian "to blame"). Sense extended to sufferings of martyrs, and suffering generally, by early 13c.; meaning "strong emotion, desire" is attested from late 14c., from L.L. use of passio to render Gk. pathos. Replaced O.E. þolung (used in glosses to render L. passio), lit. "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure." Sense of "sexual love" first attested 1580s; that of "strong liking, enthusiasm, predilection" is from 1630s. The passion-flower so called from 1630s.