sociopathy etymology

English word sociopathy comes from English -pathy, English socio- (Society.)

Detailed word origin of sociopathy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-pathy English (eng) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality. Suffering, feeling. Therapy.
socio- English (eng) Society.
sociopathy English (eng) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology.

Words with the same origin as sociopathy

Descendants of -pathy
allelopathic allopath autopathic cytopathy desminopathy enzymopathy hepatopathy heteropathic mastopathic naturopath nephropathic neuroarthropathy neuropathic osteoarthropathy pathy polyarthropathy pseudo-telepathy psychopath spondyloarthropathy technopathy telepathic
Descendants of socio-
sociopath