Where does “Patient” come from?

Patient (German) comes from Latin patiēns, from Latin patior, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

Patient (German): patient (male or of unspecified sex or female)

Definitions

  1. patient (male or of unspecified sex or female)

Ancestry of “Patient”, step by step

Patient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin patiēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpatiēnssuffering, enduring
2LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

via Italian paciente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpaciente—

Words derived from “Patient”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin patior →Every word from Latin patiēns →
Patient — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer