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Where does “συμπάθεια” come from?

συμπάθεια (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek συμπαθής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

συμπάθεια (Ancient Greek): fellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;...

Definitions

  1. fellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;...

Ancestry of “συμπάθεια”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσυμπαθής—
2Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
4Proto-Indo-European-ess—
5Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “συμπάθεια”

  • simpatico
  • sympathia
  • simpatía
  • simpático
  • simpaticità
  • parasimpatico
  • simpatia
  • simpatizzare
  • simpatico
  • симпатия
  • sympathique
  • orthosympathique
  • sympathectomie
  • sympathie
  • sympathiquement
  • Sympathie
  • sympathisch
  • unsympathisch
  • simpaticamente
  • simpatia
  • simpático
  • sympathie
  • sympatia
  • simpatiya
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