Where does “impatience” come from?
Impatience comes from Old French impacience, from Latin impatientia, the noun form of impatiens meaning "not enduring," from in- plus patiens, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne-.
impatience (English): The quality of being impatient; lacking patience;...
Definitions
- The quality of being impatient; lacking patience;...
Ancestry of “impatience”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | impacience | — |
| 2 | Latin | impatientia | impatience; impassivity |
| 3 | Latin | impatiēns | that cannot bear; avoiding, fleeing |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |