Where does “симпати́чный” come from?
симпати́чный (Russian) comes from French sympathique, from Polish sympatia, from French sympathie, from Middle French sympathie, from Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια, from Ancient Greek συμπαθής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
симпати́чный (Russian): nice, attractive, pleasant, pretty, handsome, cute
Definitions
- nice, attractive, pleasant, pretty, handsome, cute
Ancestry of “симпати́чный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sympathique | nice, kind, friendly, likeable |
| 2 | Polish | sympatia | fondness; someone's target of affection |
| 3 | French | sympathie | sympathy |
| 4 | Middle French | sympathie | sympathy; harmony |
| 5 | Latin | sympathīa | feeling in common, sympathy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συμπάθεια | fellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συμπαθής | affected by like feelings; sympathetic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |