Where does “patient” come from?

patient (French) comes from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiēns, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

patient (French): patient; a patient, an outpatient

Definitions

patient; a patient, an outpatient

Ancestry of “patient”, step by step

patient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French patient

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	patient	—
2	Old French	pacient	—
3	Latin	patiēns	suffering, enduring
4	Latin	patior	I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	peh₁-	to hate, hurt

via German Patient

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	Patient	patient (male or of unspecified sex or female)
2	Italian	paciente	—

Words derived from “patient”

patiemment
patienter
pasyan
pacienta
nepacienta
pacienteso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin patior →Every word from Latin patiēns →