Etymograph

English

tolerant

Tolerant may come from French tolérant.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttolérantuncertain
  2. Englishtodaytolerant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presenttolérantuncertain
  2. Englishtodaytolerant

The story

Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (‘to endure’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, carry’

talent, atlas, toll, tellurium, extol, 21 more

through Latin tolerō ‘to endure’

intolerable, 4 more

through Latin tolerans ‘bearing, enduring, tolerating, tolerant’

intolerance, 1 more

Today it means

adj Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.

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

Etymograph / French tolérant / tolerant

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