English
longanimity
Longanimity comes from Late Latin longanimitās ‘long-suffering, patience, forbearance’, and goes back to longanimis.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElonganimis‘long-suffering, patient, longanimous, forbearing’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CElonganimitās‘long-suffering, patience, forbearance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646longanimity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElonganimis‘long-suffering, patient, longanimous, forbearing’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CElonganimitās‘long-suffering, patience, forbearance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646longanimity
Earliest quotation: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: “It had overcome the patience of Job, as it…”
Every English word from Late Latin longanimis
Today it means
noun Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin longanimis / longanimity