myEtymology.com: English etymology of protopathic

Etymology of the English word protopathic

the English word protopathic

using the English prefix proto-

derived from the Greek word protos, πρῶτος (first; foremost (in time, place, order or importance))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

using the English suffix -pathic

derived from the Medieval Greek word protopathes

derived from the Greek word protopathein

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

using the Byzantine Greek prefix proto-, πρωτο-

The earliest known usage of protopathic in English dates from the 20th century.

Word found in Modern English