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Where does “sympati” come from?

sympati (Swedish) comes from Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια, from Ancient Greek συμπαθής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

sympati (Swedish): sympathy

Definitions

  1. sympathy

Ancestry of “sympati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsympathīa—
2Ancient Greekσυμπάθειαfellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;...
3Ancient Greekσυμπαθής—
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “sympati”

  • sympatisk
  • sympatisera
  • sympatisör
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