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Where does “pateettisuus” come from?

pateettisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pateettinen, from French pathétique, from Latin pathēticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

pateettisuus (Finnish): patheticness

Definitions

  1. patheticness

Ancestry of “pateettisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpateettinenmelodramatic, pompous; that has pathos
2Frenchpathétiquepathetic, arousing emotion; pathetic,...
3Latinpathēticus—
4Ancient GreekπαθητικόςSubject to feeling or passion: sensitive; Full of...
5Ancient Greekπάθοςpain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,...
6Ancient Greekπάσχωto undergo, experience; have someone do something...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
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