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Where does “impatiency” come from?

impatiency (English) comes from Latin impatientia, from Latin impatiēns, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impatiency (English): Impatience

Definitions

  1. Impatience

Ancestry of “impatiency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpatientiaimpatience; impassivity
2Latinimpatiēns—
3Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →