Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - path

comb. form forming nouns denoting: 1 a practitioner of curative treatment (homoeopath; osteopath). 2 a person who suffers from a disease (psychopath). Etymology: back-form. f. -PATHY, or f. Gk -pathes -sufferer (as PATHOS) PATH n. (pl. paths) 1 a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading. 2 the line along which a person or thing moves (flight path). 3 a course of action or conduct. 4 a sequence of movements or operations taken by a system. Derivatives pathless adj. Etymology: OE p{aelig}th f. WG