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Where does “unsympathisch” come from?

unsympathisch (German) comes from German sympathisch, from French sympathique, from Polish sympatia, from French sympathie, from Middle French sympathie, from Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια, from Ancient Greek συμπαθής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

unsympathisch (German): unsympathetic, disagreeable

Definitions

  1. unsympathetic, disagreeable

Ancestry of “unsympathisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansympathischcongenial, likable; sympathetic
2Frenchsympathiquenice, kind, friendly, likeable
3Polishsympatiafondness; someone's target of affection
4Frenchsympathiesympathy
5Middle Frenchsympathiesympathy; harmony
6Latinsympathīa—
7Ancient Greekσυμπάθειαfellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;...
8Ancient Greekσυμπαθής—
9Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
10Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
11Proto-Indo-European-ess—
12Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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