Where does “sympathetic” come from?

I appreciate the detailed instructions, but I notice there's a significant problem: the etymological chain provided doesn't support the headword "sympathetic" at all. The chain traces suffixes (-y, -ie, -ia, -ivus, -kos) but includes entries like "pimp" and "sis" that have no connection to "sympathetic." To write an accurate one-sentence etymology for "sympathetic," I would need the correct chain showing how it derives from Greek *sympathēs* (from *syn-* "together" + *patheia* "feeling") through Middle French and into English. Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "sympathetic," or did you mean to request an etymology for a different word that matches the chain you've given?

sympathetic (English): of, related to, showing, or characterized by...

Definitions

  1. of, related to, showing, or characterized by...

Ancestry of “sympathetic”, step by step

sympathetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pimp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpimpSomeone who solicits customers for prostitution...
2Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
3Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via English sissy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsissyAn effeminate boy or man; A timid, unassertive or...
2EnglishsisClipping of sister

Words derived from “sympathetic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe