-path
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A practitioner of a specified kind of medical treatment:
表“疗法”：强调医疗某一方面的行医者：
naturopath.
物理治疗者 - One affected by a specified kind of disorder:
受某特定混乱影响者：
sociopath.
反社会的人
语源
- Back-formation from -pathy
源自 -pathy的逆构词
-path
combining form in countable noun
denoting a person suffering from a specified disease or disorder
⇒
neuropath
denoting a practitioner of a particular method of treatment
⇒
osteopath
Origin
back formation from -pathy-path
1
a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in -pathy, with the general sense “one practicing such a treatment” (osteopath) or “one suffering from such an ailment” (psychopath).
Related Words
- homeopathist
- psychopath
- sociopath
- -pathia
- -pathy
- allopath
-patha suffix used to form nouns denoting:
1. a person suffering from the specified disorder, as in neuropath.
2. a person who treats disorders by a specified method, usually one which is regarded as an alternative medicine, as in naturopath, osteopath.
[backformation from -pathy]-path
noun combining form
naturopath
2. [International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -pathēs, adjective, suffering, from pathos]
a. one suffering from a disorder (of such a part or system)
psychopath
b. one perceiving
telepath
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY German, back-formation from -pathie -pathy
1. practitioner of a (specified) system of medicine that emphasizes one aspect of disease or its treatmentnaturopath
2. [International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -pathēs, adjective, suffering, from pathos]
a. one suffering from a disorder (of such a part or system)
psychopath
b. one perceiving
telepath
-path
combining form
1.
- denoting a practitioner of curative treatment表示“使用…疗法的医生”：
-
homeopath.
2.
- denoting a person who suffers from a disease表示“…病患者”：
-
psychopath.
词源
back-formation from -PATHY , or from Greek -pathēs '-sufferer'.
-path
word-forming element used in modern formations to mean "one suffering from" (a disease or condition), from Greek -pathes, from pathos "suffering" (see pathos). Also "one versed in" (a certain type of treatment), in which cases it is a back-formation from -pathy in the related sense.
-path
\ˌpath, ˌpaa(ə)th, ˌpaith\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: in sense 1, from German, back-formation from -pathie -pathy; in sense 2, International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -pathēs, from pathos
1. : a practitioner of a (specified) system of medicine that emphasizes some one aspect of disease and its treatment
< allopath >
< hydropath >
< osteopath >
2. : one suffering from a (specified) kind of ailment
< psychopath >
< neuropath >
1.
< allopath >
< hydropath >
< osteopath >
2.
< psychopath >
< neuropath >
-path
Suffix
- Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder
- sociopath
- Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular capability, as a type of remedial treatment
- osteopath
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).