pity
English
/ˈpɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- (countable) Something regrettable.
- (obsolete) Piety.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pitye derived from pité derived from Old French pitet derived from Latin pietās (piety, pity).
Origin
Latin
pietās
Gloss
piety, pity
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
哀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bepity English
- lack English
- lack-pity English
- pitiable English
- pitiableness English
- pitiably English
- pitier English
- pitiest English
- pitieth English
- pitiful English
- pitifuller English
- pitifully English
- pitifulness English
- pitiless English
- pitilessly English
- pitilessness English
- pitisome English
- pitysome English
- self-pity English
- unpitiable English
- unpitiful English
- unpity English
- *pietāntia Latin
- pietās Latin
- Pietät German
- pieta Italian
- pietà Italian
- piété French
- pitye Middle English
- pityful Middle English
- pieté Old French
- piteable Old French
- pitet Old French
- pietat Catalan, Valencian
- pieté Middle French
- pité xno