题目

英语中的一个词缀问题
当path做后缀的时候,往往表示你一种病态的心理特征吗.
至少我知道的2个词是这样.
谁有更系统的解释和列子?
That's it.
got the ideas from T-bag who acted PrisonBreak,initially,to be called psychopath actually.especially when it came to my brains twice with sb sick ,freak ,diagnosed as sociopath ,in S4P21 CriminalMinds.

提问时间：2021-04-29

答案

-path
suff.后缀
A practitioner of a specified kind of medical treatment:naturopath.
One affected by a specified kind of disorder:sociopath.
以上是美国传统词典的解释.
-path 
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).
以上是Dictonary.com的解释.
-path
suffix used in modern formations to mean "one suffering from" (a disease or condition),also "one versed in" (a certain type of treatment),from Gk.-pathes,from pathos "suffering" (see pathos).
Online Etymology Dictionary,© 2001