pity English · revision 13504

− It is [[bor|fro|pité]], pitié, compassion, mercy (modern pitié),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin [[m|la|pietās|t=piety, dutifulness]] (see [[piety]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from pius, pious.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) In later Latin pietās took on the sense of compassion and kindness,^(Hoad 1986) and Old French pite and piete had both meanings before they were told apart.^(Hoad 1986)