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Where does “tolerant” come from?

tolerant (Old French) comes from Latin tolerāns.

Ancestry of “tolerant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintolerāns—

Words derived from “tolerant”

  • tolerant
  • tolerantly
  • thermotolerant
  • psychrotolerant
  • halotolerant
  • aerotolerant
  • nontolerant
  • immunotolerant
  • osmotolerant
  • xerotolerant
  • cryotolerant
  • polyextremotolerant
  • extremotolerant
  • metallotolerant
Every word from Latin tolerāns →