Latin
patiēns
‘suffering, patient’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin patiēns.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin patiēns, most familiar first.
- patient ← pacient ← pacient
- patience ← pacience ← pacience ← patientia
- impatient ← impacient ← impatiēns
- impatiens
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Etymograph / Latin patiēns