Where does “omnipatient” come from?
omnipatient (English) comes from English omni, from English omnivore, from Latin omnivorus, from Latin -vorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
omnipatient (English): Infinitely patient; capable of enduring all...
Definitions
- Infinitely patient; capable of enduring all...
Ancestry of “omnipatient”, step by step
omnipatient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English omni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omni | A person who is not vegan; one with no particular... |
| 2 | English | omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) |
| 3 | Latin | omnivorus | eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous |
| 4 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English patient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | patient | Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's... |
| 2 | Middle English | pacient | Able or willing to bear pain or suffering |
| 3 | Middle French | patient | — |
| 4 | Old French | pacient | — |
| 5 | Latin | patiēns | suffering, enduring |
| 6 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |