-pathy

See also: pathy

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.

Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-pəθi/

Suffix

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

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

acetopathy

acropathy

actinopathy

adenopathy

adrenopathy

aeropathy

allelopathy

allœopathy

allopathy

aminoacidopathy

amyloidopathy

andropathy

angiopathy

anthropopathy

aortopathy

arteriolopathy

arteriopathy

arthropathy

astrocytopathy

audiopathy

autopathy

auxopathy

axonopathy

bestrophinopathy

biliopathy

biopathy

bronchopathy

bursopathy

capillaropathy

cardiopathy

cellulopathy

cenesthesiopathy

cephalopathy

cerebropathy

channelopathy

chaperonopathy

characteropathy

cholangiopathy

cholecystopathy

chondropathy

choroidopathy

chronopathy

ciliopathy

coagulopathy

collagenopathy

colonopathy

colopathy

complementopathy

connectopathy

coronaropathy

craniopathy

cryopathy

cryopyrinopathy

crystallopathy

cyanopathy

cystopathy

cytopathy

demonopathy

dermatopathy

dermopathy

desminopathy

desmopathy

dipsopathy

discopathy

dorsopathy

dysferlinopathy

dyspathy

dystroglycanopathy

echopathy

electropathy

embryopathy

empathy

enantiopathy

encephalomyelopathy

encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy

encephalomyopathy

encephalopathy

endocrinopathy

endotheliopathy

enteropathy

envelopathy

enzymopathy

epicondylopathy

epitheliopathy

erotopathy

erythrocytopathy

erythropathy

esophagopathy

eupathy

exocrinopathy

exosomopathy

fetopathy

foldopathy

galactopathy

gammaglobulinopathy

gammopathy

ganglionopathy

gastropathy

genopathy

geopathy

gliopathy

glomerulopathy

gynecopathy

haematopathy

haemoglobinopathy

hematopathy

hemoglobinopathy

hemopathy

hepatopathy

hepatosplenopathy

heteropathy

homeopathy

homœopathy

hydropathy

hylopathy

hysteropathy

idiopathy

immunopathy

interferonopathy

iridopathy

isopathy

junctionopathy

keratopathy

keraunopathy

kinesipathy

labyrinthopathy

lalopathy

laminopathy

laryngopathy

leucopathy

leukoencephalopathy

leukopathy

lipidopathy

logopathy

ludopathy

maculopathy

mastopathy

mazopathy

membranopathy

metabolopathy

meteoropathy

metropathy

microgliopathy

minicolumnopathy

mitochondriopathy

mobilopathy

monopathy

morphopathy

motorpathy

myelinopathy

myelopathy

myopathy

myotilinopathy

naprapathy

naturopathy

neopathy

nephropathy

neurocristopathy

neuronopathy

neuropathy

nodopathy

normopathy

oculopathy

odontopathy

onychopathy

ophthalmopathy

orbitopathy

organopathy

orthopathy

oscillopathy

osteopathy

otopathy

ovopathy

pachychoroidopathy

paedopathy

pampathy

pancreatopathy

pedopathy

pharyngopathy

phonopathy

phrenopathy

plexopathy

pneumonopathy

pneumopathy

polyendocrinopathy

polypathy

prionopathy

proctopathy

proteinopathy

proteopathy

psychopathy

pulmopathy

radiculopathy

radiculoplexopathy

renopathy

retinopathy

rhizopathy

rhonchopathy

ribosomopathy

sarcoglycanopathy

Related terms

• -path
• -pathic

Translations

in whichever sense

• Bulgarian: -па́тия f (-pátija)
• Catalan: -patia (ca) f
• Estonian: -paatia
• Finnish: -patia
• French: -pathie (fr) f
• German: -pathie (de) f
• Greek: -πάθεια (el) f (-pátheia)
• Hungarian: -pátia
• Polish: -patia (pl) f
• Portuguese: -patia (pt) f
• Russian: -патия f (-patija)
• Spanish: -patía (es) f
• Welsh: -patheg f, -pathi