Where does “patient” come from?

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

Ancestry of “patient”, step by step

patient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pacient

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpacient—
2Latinpatiēnssuffering, enduring
3LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

via Old French patient

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpatientpatient

Words derived from “patient”

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