English
forbearing
Forbearing comes from Middle English forbering.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forbering
- Englishearliest quotation 1833forbearing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forbering
- Englishearliest quotation 1833forbearing
Earliest quotation: 1833, John Fletcher, The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher: “As God's forbearing to create more worlds than he…”
Formed from forbear + -ing
Proto-Germanic *fraberaną ‘to hold back, endure’
Old English forberan ‘to forbear, abstain from, refrain’
Middle English forberen
English forbear
Every English word from Middle English forbering
Today it means
noun forbearance; restraint
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English forbering / forbearing