Where does “donor fatigue” come from?

donor fatigue (English) comes from English fatigue, from French fatigue, from French fatiguer, from Latin fatīgāre.

donor fatigue (English): A phenomenon in which people no longer give to...

Definitions

  1. A phenomenon in which people no longer give to...

Ancestry of “donor fatigue”, step by step

donor fatigue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fatigue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfatigueA weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion; A...
2Frenchfatiguefatigue, weariness
3Frenchfatiguerto tire; to wear out, to drain; to make an effort
4Latinfatīgāre

via English donor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdonorOne who makes a donation; A group or molecule...
2Middle Englishdonoure
3Anglo-Normandonour
4Old Frenchdoneur
Every word from Latin fatīgāre