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
1Latintolerātusendured, having been endured, tolerated, having been tolerated

Words derived from “tolerate

Every word from Latin tolerātus
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