-pathyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[-path 词源字典]
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 etymology, -path origin, 英语词源]