sympathy
/ˈsɪmpəθi/·심퍼시·noun
feeling for another's suffering
GreekCEFR B1
Root
sym- (together) + Greek 'pathos' (feeling, suffering)
Greek sympatheia (fellow-feeling) → Latin sympathia → French sympathie → English sympathy
In a word
sym- (together) + pathos (feeling) = 'feeling-with'. The same pathos lives in empathy (feeling-into), apathy (without feeling), and pathology (the study of suffering). One Greek word ties emotion and medicine together. "Pathetic" is in the family too — originally "rousing feeling".
Examples
She expressed sympathy for the victims.
I have great sympathy for refugees.
A note of sympathy can mean a lot.
Related
empathypatheticapathypathologysympathetic