"-pathy" meaning in All languages combined

See -pathy on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

IPA: /-pəθi/
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|grc:πᾰ́θος<t:suffering>|-y<id:abstract noun>|text=+|tree=1}} 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. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -pathy, {{en-suffix}} -pathy
  1. suffering, feeling, emotion Tags: morpheme
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  2. damage to, disease of, disorder of, or abnormality Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--pathy-en-suffix-Va7Wnv8y
  3. therapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment Tags: morpheme Related terms: -path, -pathic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in whichever sense): -па́тия (-pátija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), -patia [feminine] (Catalan), -paatia (Estonian), -patia (Finnish), -pathie [feminine] (French), -pathie [feminine] (German), -πάθεια (-pátheia) [feminine] (Greek), -pátia (Hungarian), -patia [feminine] (Polish), -патия (-patija) [feminine] (Russian), -patía [feminine] (Spanish), -patheg [feminine] (Welsh), -pathi (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'in whichever sense': 0 0 0
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