Where does “longsuffering” come from?
Longsuffering comes from English long and suffering, with long ultimately deriving from Old English lang and Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós meaning extended in space or time.
longsuffering (English): Alternative form of long-suffering; Long, patient...
Definitions
- Alternative form of long-suffering; Long, patient...
Ancestry of “longsuffering”, step by step
longsuffering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English long
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 2 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 3 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 4 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 5 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English suffering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suffering | Experiencing pain; The condition of someone who... |
| 2 | English | suffer | To undergo hardship; To feel pain; To become... |
| 3 | Middle English | suffren | suffer |
| 4 | Old French | sofrir | to suffer |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | sufferire | present active infinitive of *sufferiō |
| 6 | Latin | sufferō | to put or lay under |
| 7 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |