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Where does “tolerate” come from?

Tolerate comes from Latin toleratus, past participle of tolerare meaning to bear or endure, from the Proto-Indo-European root telh₂-.

tolerate (English): To allow to exist or occur without interference

Definitions

  1. To allow to exist or occur without interference

Ancestry of “tolerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintolerātus—

Words derived from “tolerate”

  • tolerating
  • tolerability
  • tolerator
  • intolerating
  • tolerateth
  • toleratest
  • toleratable
Every word from Latin tolerātus →