Where does “pacijent” come from?

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

pacijent (Serbo-Croatian): patient

Definitions

  1. patient

Ancestry of “pacijent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPatientpatient (male or of unspecified sex or female)
2Latinpatiēnssuffering, enduring
3LatinpatiorI suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁-Every word from Latin patiorEvery word from Latin patiēns