Etymograph

English

patho-

Patho- comes from Ancient Greek πάθος ‘pain, suffering, death’, and goes back to πᾰ́σχω ‘to feel’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾰ́σχω1pắskhō‘to feel’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάθος2páthos‘pain, suffering, death’zero-grade of root of πᾰ́σχω
  3. Englishtodaypatho-2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek πάθος
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English patho-

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾰ́σχωWiktionary, Ancient Greek πάθοςpắskhō‘to feel’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπάθοςWiktionary, English patho-páthos‘pain, suffering, death’zero-grade of root of πᾰ́σχω
  3. Englishtodaypatho-Wiktionary, English patho-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷendʰ- ‘to suffer, endure’

pathetic, sympathy, 14 more

Today it means

prefix disease

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “patho-”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek πάθος. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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