Where does “outpatient” come from?
Outpatient comes from English out- combined with patient, which derives from Middle French patient, ultimately from Latin patiens, the present participle of patior meaning to suffer or endure, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁-.
outpatient (English): A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or...
Definitions
- A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or...
Ancestry of “outpatient”, step by step
| 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 |