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suffer

/ˈsʌfə/SUH-fur
/ˈsʌfɚ/SUH-fur

Meaningto undergo, endure

Common meaning: to undergo pain

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TAR‘tremble’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 133, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latinsufferre‘to un- dergo, endure’source
  3. Old Frenchsoffrirsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto un- dergo, endure → to undergo painsuffer‘to undergo pain’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin sufferre ‘to undergo, endure’.

Roots

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