-PATH


Meaning of -PATH in English

■ combining form

1》 denoting a practitioner of curative treatment: homeopath.

2》 denoting a person who suffers from a disease: psychopath.

Origin

back-form. from ~y , or from Gk ~ēs '-sufferer'.

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