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According to Etymology Online Dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=patient&searchmode=none c.1320, "bearing or enduring without complaint," from L. patientem (see patience). Noun sense of "suffering or sick person" is from 1393, from O.Fr. pacient (n.), from the adj., from L. patientem. Just a side note here: Do most patients you know 'bear or endure without complaint'?, just wondering... : )
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Because they are! Patient, that is.
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The word patient is derived from the Latin word patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb pati, meaning "one who endures" or "one who suffers".
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