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- Latin · derived fromtolerans
- French · borrowed fromtolérant
- English todaytolerant
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 1784 Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.