myEtymology.com: English etymology of antipathy

Etymology of the English word antipathy

the English word antipathy

derived from the French word antipathie

derived from the Latin word antipathia (antipathy, aversion; counteraction)

derived from the Greek word antipatheia, ἀντιπάθεια

derived from the Greek word patheia, πάθεια

derived from the Greek word antipathes, ἀντιπαϑής

derived from the Greek word pathos, πάθος (disease; properly, suffering ('pathos'); (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence))

using the Greek prefix anti-, ἀντι-

derived from the Greek word anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *anti-

derived from the Greek word antipathia

using the Greek prefix anti-, ἀντι-

derived from the Greek word anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *anti-

derived from the Greek word pathos, πάθος (disease; properly, suffering ('pathos'); (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence))

The earliest known usage of antipathy in English dates from the 17th century.

Word found in Modern English