Etymology of the English word suffering
the English word
sufferingderived from the English word
sufferderived from the Old French word
soffrirderived from the Latin word
sufferre (bear, endure, suffer)
derived from the Latin word
ferre (to carry; to bear; bring, bear; tell)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bher-using the Latin prefix
sub-derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upousing the English suffix
-ingUsage
Word found in Modern English