sympathy
English
/ˈsɪmpəθi/
noun
Definitions
- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.
- Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sympathie derived from Latin sympathīa derived from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (compassion sympathy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
συμπάθεια
Gloss
compassion sympathy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- card English
- dissympathy English
- sympathism English
- sympathist English
- sympathy card English
- unsympathy English
- sympathia Latin
- sympathīa Latin
- simpatia Italian
- sympathie Dutch, Flemish
- simpatía Spanish, Castilian
- πᾰ́θος Ancient Greek
- συμπάθεια Ancient Greek
- simpatia Portuguese
- simpatia Catalan, Valencian
- mitelīden Middle High German
- sympathie Middle French