Where does “impatient” come from?

Impatient comes from Old French impacient, from Latin impatiens, composed of the Latin negative prefix in- and Latin patiens, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."

impatient (English): Restless and intolerant of delays; Anxious and...

Definitions

  1. Restless and intolerant of delays; Anxious and...

Ancestry of “impatient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchimpacient—
2Latinimpatiēnsthat cannot bear; avoiding, fleeing
3Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impatient”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →