suffer

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
2. Proto-Italic*supo
3. Latinsub
4. Latinsub-
5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
7. Proto-Italic*ferō
8. Latinferō
9. Latinsuffero
10. Latinsufferre
11. Vulgar Latin*sufferīre
12. Old Frenchsuffrir
13. Middle Englishsuffren
14. English todaysuffer

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

Words from the same roots