Where does “patient” come from?

Patient comes from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, the present participle of patior meaning to suffer or endure, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₁-.

patient (English): Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's...

Definitions

  1. Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's...

Ancestry of “patient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpacientAble or willing to bear pain or suffering
2Middle Frenchpatient—
3Old Frenchpacient—
4Latinpatiēnssuffering, enduring
5LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “patient”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin patior →Every word from Latin patiēns →