path / pathy
feeling, suffering, disease
Greek · pathos (πάθος)
Path words come from the Greek word for feeling and suffering. Sympathy and empathy are feeling with another, apathy is no feeling, and pathology is the study of disease.
Memory trick
Path is about what you feel: sympathy is feeling together.
Words from this root
- pathos (pathos) — a quality that stirs pity or sorrowकरुणा जगाने वाला भाव
- pathetic (path + etic) — causing pity; very poorदयनीय; बहुत घटिया
- pathetically (pathetic + ally) — in a pitiful wayदयनीय ढंग से
- sympathetic (sym + path + etic) — feeling pity for othersसहानुभूतिपूर्ण
- empathy (em + path + y) — sharing another person's feelingsदूसरे की भावनाएँ समझना, समानुभूति
- apathy (a + path + y) — lack of feeling or interestउदासीनता
- antipathy (anti + path + y) — a strong dislikeतीव्र नापसंदगी
- pathology (path + ology) — study of diseaseरोग विज्ञान
- pathological (pathology + ical) — of disease; extreme in behaviourरोग-संबंधी; अति असामान्य
- pathologist (pathology + ist) — a doctor who studies diseaseरोग विशेषज्ञ
- neuropathy (neuro + path + y) — nerve diseaseतंत्रिका रोग या क्षति
- homeopathic (homeo + path + ic) — of a medicine system using tiny dosesहोम्योपैथी का