Etymology of the Latin word sympathia
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 other languages
English
sympathy, French
sympathie, Italian
simpatia, Portuguese
simpatia
