-pathy
suffering, feeling, emotion
Suffix
- suffering, feeling, emotion
- sympathy, antipathy, empathy
- damage to, disease of, disorder of, or abnormality
- neuropathy, psychopathy, sociopathy
- therapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment
- hydropathy, homeopathy, naturopathy
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy From Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “suffering”) + English -y.