English Explanatory Dictionary

-pathy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. suffering, feeling, emotion
  2. damage to, disease of, disorder of, or abnormality
  3. therapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment

Pronunciation

/-pəθi/

Word forms

-pathy

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy From Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “suffering”) + English -y.

Related words

-path -pathic

Translations

Bulgarian: -па́тия Catalan: -patia Estonian: -paatia Finnish: -patia French: -pathie German: -pathie Greek: -πάθεια Hungarian: -pátia Polish: -patia Portuguese: -patia Russian: -патия Spanish: -patía Welsh: -patheg Welsh: -pathi
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