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it is said to be a synonym for pity, but based on the word passion, (to burn).
What does passion have to do with burning? It's from the past passive participle (passus) of the Latin deponent verb patior 'to bear, support, undergo, suffer, endure'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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