Where does “patientness” come from?
patientness (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.
patientness (English): Quality of being patient
Definitions
- Quality of being patient
Ancestry of “patientness”, step by step
patientness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |