I've waited a long time to give a nod to that "other" classical language from which many of our English words are derived: Greek! So here you are...
Root:
pathos - Greek, n. - suffering, feeling, disease
Derivatives:
antipathy (antipathetic, antipathetical) - a feeling against someone or something; dislike
apathy (apathetic) - lack of feeling or interest
empathy (empathetic, empathize, empathetically) - the ability to enter into and understand another's feelings.
pathological (pathology, pathologist, pathological) - related to suffering or disease
sympathize (sympathy, sympathetic) - to have the same feelings
Ya'll haven't given me sentences for a while...can I get a little cooperation here? C'mon...humor me.
3 comments:
I empathize with your "pathological" interest of wordsmithing and the roots and derivatives of such, but my sympathy is tied to my apathy even though I am anti-anipathy when it comes to reading your blog about words, Greek, Latin, or otherwise.
JKH
Can you tell this is my first time responding to the challenge?
I can tell...love the enthusiasm, btw!
Joanie alias JKH
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