Where does “intolerant” come from?

Intolerant comes from French intolérant, from Latin intolerāns, meaning "unable to be borne or endured."

intolerant (English): Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear;...

Definitions

  1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear;...

Ancestry of “intolerant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintolérantintolerant; not tolerant
2Latinintoleransimpatient, intolerant; insufferable, intolerable
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intolerant”

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