Etymology

endurable

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Today it means: Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. Full definition →

English endure ← Middle English enduren ← Old French endurer
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  1. Latinindūrō
  2. Latinindūrāre
  3. Old Frenchendurer
  4. Middle Englishenduren
  5. Englishendure
  6. English todayendurable

From endure + -able.

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