Where does “patetyczność” come from?
patetyczność (Polish) comes from Polish patetyczny, 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.
patetyczność (Polish): pompousness, grandiloquence, turgidity
Definitions
- pompousness, grandiloquence, turgidity
Ancestry of “patetyczność”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | patetyczny | pompous, grandiloquent, bombastic, turgid, turgent |
| 2 | French | pathétique | pathetic, arousing emotion; pathetic,... |
| 3 | Latin | pathēticus | full of pathos, affecting, pathetic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παθητικός | Subject to feeling or passion: sensitive; Full of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πάθος | pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάσχω | to undergo, experience; have someone do something... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |