Etymology

pathic

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Latin pathicus ← Ancient Greek παθικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαθικός
  2. Latin · derived frompathicus
  3. English todaypathic

From Latin pathicus, from Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós), from πάθος (páthos, “suffering, feeling”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to feel, to suffer”).

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