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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

patience XIII. — (O)F. — L. patientia, f. patiēns, -ent-, prp. of patī suffer.
So patient suffering or enduring without complaint XIV; capable of XVII. — (O)F. — L.; as sb. †sufferer; one under medical treatment XIV.

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