Where does “patientless” come from?
patientless (English) comes from English patient, from Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiēns, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
patientless (English): Without a patient; having no patients
Definitions
- Without a patient; having no patients
Ancestry of “patientless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | patient | Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's... |
| 2 | Middle English | pacient | — |
| 3 | Middle French | patient | — |
| 4 | Old French | pacient | — |
| 5 | Latin | patiēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |