Where does “intolérance” come from?
intolérance (French) comes from Latin intolerantia, from Latin intolerans, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intolérance (French): intolerance
Definitions
- intolerance
Ancestry of “intolérance”, step by step
intolérance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin intolerantia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | intolerantia | impatience; intolerance; nominative neuter plural... |
| 2 | Latin | intolerans | impatient, intolerant; insufferable, intolerable |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French tolérance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tolérance | tolerance |