Where does “tolerance” come from?
tolerance (Middle French) comes from Latin tolerantia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “tolerance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tolerantia | nominative neuter plural of tolerāns; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “tolerance”
- tolerance
- tolerancing
- thermotolerance
- osmotolerance
- immunotolerance
- toleranced
- cryotolerance
- hypertolerance
- halotolerance
- nontolerance
- aerotolerance
- radiotolerance
- xerotolerance
- heterotolerance
- homotolerance
- autotolerance
- barotolerance
- chaotolerance
- chronotolerance
- crosstolerance
- phototolerance
- pseudotolerance
- psychrotolerance
- trypanotolerance