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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|passif|t=suffering, undergoing hardship]] and directly from Latin passīvus, capable of feeling or suffering,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from pass-, the past participle stem of patī, to suffer (see [[passion]], [[patient]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)
+ It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|passif|t=suffering, undergoing hardship]] and directly from [[la|passīvus]], capable of feeling or suffering,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from pass-, the past participle stem of [[m|la|patī]], to suffer (see [[passion]], [[patient]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)
==Earliest recorded meaning==