English
longsuffering
From long + suffering.
A compound of long + suffering
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’
Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’
Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’
Middle English long
English long
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear’
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Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
Old French sofrir ‘to suffer, endure’
Middle English suffren ‘suffer’
English suffer
English suffering
Today it means
adj Long, patient endurance of insult, abuse or mistreatment; longanimity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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