Etymology

impatient

im·pa·tient
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Today it means: Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. Full definition →

Old French impacient ← Latin impatiēns
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpatiēns
  2. Old French · derived fromimpacient
  3. English todayimpatient

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.

Words from the same roots

Latinimpatiēns all →

impatiens

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