English

hyperpatient

From hyper- + patient.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin patior ‘to suffer’

Latin patiens ‘suffering’

Old French pacient

Middle French patient

Middle English pacient ‘able or willing to bear pain or suffering’

Today it means

adj Synonym of overpatient.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hyperpatient