myEtymology.com: English etymology of apathetic

Etymology of the English word apathetic

the English word apathetic

derived from the English word apathy

derived from the French word apathie

derived from the Greek word apatheia, ἀπάθεια

derived from the Greek word apathes

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

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

derived from the Latin word apathy

derived from the Greek word apatheia, ἀπάθεια

derived from the Greek word apathes

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

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

derived from the Latin word apathia (apathy; freedom from emotion, passion)

derived from the Greek word apatheia, ἀπάθεια

derived from the Greek word apathes

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

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

derived from the English word pathetic

derived from the French word pathétique

derived from the Latin word patheticus

derived from the Greek word pathetikos, παθητικός

derived from the Greek word pathetos, παθητός (liable (doomed) to experience pain)

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

The earliest known usage of apathetic in English dates from the 18th century.

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