How to Spell patient

patient

patient - adjective

  • Bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

Etymology

Middle English {it}pacient{/it}, from Anglo-French, from Latin {it}patient-, patiens{/it}, from present participle of {it}pati{/it} to suffer; perhaps akin to Greek {it}pēma{/it} suffering