means An intense, often consuming emotion — be it love, desire, enthusiasm, or fervor — that drives a person toward something with overwhelming force.

from From Latin 'passio,' meaning 'suffering' or 'enduring,' itself from the verb 'pati,' 'to suffer.' The word entered English through Old French in the medieval era, first describing the suffering of Christ on the cross — the 'Passion.' Only later did it widen from agony to the broader ache of strong feeling, keeping a hidden thread of pain at its core: every passion still carries the old sense that to feel deeply is, in some way, to suffer.