tolerable
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tolerable bearable, endurable XV; †allowable; passable, moderate XVI. — (O)F.
tolérable — L.
tolerābilis. f.
tolerāre bear, endure; see
-ABLE.
So
tolerance †endurance XV; disposition to be indulgent. XVIII. — (O)F.
tolérance — L.
tolerantia.
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