-pathy

See also: pathy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-pəθi/

Suffix

-pathy

1. suffering, feeling, emotion

   sympathy, antipathy, empathy

2. damage to, disease of, disorder of, or abnormality

   neuropathy, psychopathy, sociopathy

3. therapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment

   hydropathy, homeopathy, naturopathy

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -pathy

Related terms

• -path
• -pathic

Translations

in whichever sense

• Bulgarian: -па́тия f (-pátija)
• Estonian: -paatia
• Finnish: -patia
• French: -pathie (fr) f
• Greek: -πάθεια (el) f (-pátheia)
• Hungarian: -pátia
• Polish: -patia (pl) f
• Russian: -патия f (-patija)
• Spanish: -patía (es) f