Etymology of the English word sympathetic
the English word
sympatheticderived from the Greek word
pathein, παϑο (to suffer)
derived from the Late Greek word
sumpathetikos, συμπαϑητικός (sympathetic)
derived from the Greek word
sumpatheia, συμπάθεια
derived from the Greek word
sumpathes, συμπαθής (having a fellow-feeling ('sympathetic'); mutually commiserative)
derived from the Greek word
pathos, πάθος (disease; properly, suffering ('pathos'); (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence))
using the Greek prefix
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
derived from the Greek word
sumpatheo, συμπαθέω (to feel 'sympathy' with; to commiserate)
Derivations in English
sympathectomy,
sympathin,
sympatholytic,
sympathomimetic,
parasympatheticUsage
Word found in Modern English
