Etymology

forbearing

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Today it means: forbearance; restraint Full definition →

Middle English forbering
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forbearing · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromforbering
  2. English todayforbearing

From Middle English forbering, forberyng, vorberinge, equivalent to forbear + -ing.

forbearing · adjective, verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Germanic*fra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  9. Proto-Germanic*fraberaną
  10. Old Englishforberan
  11. Middle Englishforberen
  12. Englishforbear
  13. English todayforbearing

From forbear + -ing.

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