-pathy

/-pəθi/

suffix

suffering, feeling, emotion

“sympathy, antipathy, empathy”

OriginAncient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) →
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Meanings

suffix-pathy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -pathies)

plural -pathies

  1. countableuncountablesuffering, feeling, emotion

    sympathy, antipathy, empathy

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

    neuropathy, psychopathy, sociopathy

  3. countableuncountabletherapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment

    hydropathy, homeopathy, naturopathy

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
-pathia

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. English-pathy

From Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “suffering”) + English -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian -па́тия
  • -па́тия (-pátija)in whichever sense
Catalan -patia
  • -patiain whichever sense
Estonian -paatia
  • -paatiain whichever sense
Finnish -patia
  • -patiain whichever sense
French -pathie
  • -pathiein whichever sense
German -pathie
  • -pathiein whichever sense
Greek -πάθεια
  • -πάθεια (-pátheia)in whichever sense
Hungarian -pátia
  • -pátiain whichever sense
Polish -patia
  • -patiain whichever sense
Portuguese -patia
  • -patiain whichever sense
Russian -патия
  • -патия (-patija)in whichever sense
Spanish -patía
  • -patíain whichever sense
Welsh -patheg, -pathi
  • -pathegin whichever sense
  • -pathiin whichever sense
Cite this entry
APA

-pathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pathy

MLA

“-pathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pathy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-pathy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pathy.

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