English
tolerate
Tolerate comes from Latin tolerātus ‘endured, having been endured, tolerated,…’, and goes back to tolerō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolerō‘to endure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolerātus‘endured, having been endured, tolerated, having been tolerated’perfect passive participle of tolerō
- Englishtodaytolerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolerō‘to endure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolerātus‘endured, having been endured, tolerated, having been tolerated’perfect passive participle of tolerō
- Englishtodaytolerate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, carry’
talent, toll, atlas, tellurium, extol, 21 more
through Latin tolerō ‘to endure’
Today it means
verb To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tolerō / tolerate