Where does “patiënt” come from?

patiënt (Dutch) comes from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiēns, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

patiënt (Dutch): patient, someone who receives therapeutic...

Definitions

  1. patient, someone who receives therapeutic...

Ancestry of “patiënt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpatient—
2Old Frenchpacient—
3Latinpatiēnssuffering, enduring
4LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “patiënt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin patior →Every word from Latin patiēns →