myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of simpatia

Etymology of the Italian word simpatia

the Italian word simpatia

derived from the Latin word sympathia (feeling in common; sympathy)

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.)

Derivations in Italian

simpatico, simpatizzare