sufferer
/ˈsʌfəə/SUH-fur-ur
/ˈsʌfɚɚ/SUH-fur-ur
Meaningone who suffers
Common meaning: a person with an illness or hardship
- sufunder, up from belowSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 528 · scan
- ferto bear, bringLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 737 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘under, up from below’ + ‘to bear, bring’ → sufferer
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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
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Origin: Formed in English from suffer + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUFFER, p.608 · scan
Roots
- ferō, tulī, lātum Latin “to bear, bring”
- sufferre Latin “to undergo, endure”
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