Etymology

empathic

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Today it means: Showing or expressing empathy. Full definition →

English empathy ← German Einfühlung ← Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  4. Ancient Greekπάθος (páthos)
  5. Ancient Greekἐμπαθής (empathḗs)
  6. Ancient Greekἐμπάθεια (empátheia)
  7. GermanEinfühlung
  8. Englishempathy
  9. English todayempathic

From empathy + -ic.

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