Where does “tolerating” come from?

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

tolerating (English): present participle of tolerate

Definitions

  1. present participle of tolerate

Ancestry of “tolerating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtolerateTo allow to exist or occur without interference
2Latintolerātusendured, having been endured, tolerated, having been tolerated

Words derived from “tolerating”

Every word from Latin tolerātus →Every word from English tolerate →
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