Where does “apathetic” come from?
Apathetic comes from English apathy, derived from French apathie, Latin apathia, and Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια, formed from the prefix ἀ- (not) and πάσχω (to suffer or feel).
apathetic (English): Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion;...
Definitions
- Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion;...
Ancestry of “apathetic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | apathy | Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest... |
| 2 | French | apathie | apathy |
| 3 | Latin | apathīa | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπάθεια | want of sensation, impassibility; insensibility,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀπαθής | without sensation or suffering |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “apathetic”