Where does “pasensiyahan” come from?
pasensiyahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pasensiya, from Spanish paciencia, from Latin patientia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
pasensiyahan (Tagalog): test of patience with one another
Definitions
- test of patience with one another
Ancestry of “pasensiyahan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pasensiya | patience |
| 2 | Spanish | paciencia | patience, forbearance |
| 3 | Latin | patientia | suffering; patience, endurance, forbearance;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |