Patiënt

given name · Latin script

Patiënt is a given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hur.

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Meaning & origin

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Derivation of Patiënt: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Patiënt
  1. Middle Englishpacient(measured from records)
  2. Middle Frenchpatient(measured from records)
  3. Old Frenchpacient(measured from records)
  4. Latinpatiens(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-“to hate“to hate, hurt”(measured from records)

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

Cited for this meaning 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

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Evidence

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No register attests this spelling yet

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What does the name Patiënt mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hur… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Patiënt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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