suffer.
To undergo hardship.
Meaning & usage
To undergo hardship.
Many artists suffer before becoming famous.
To feel pain.
At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
To become worse.
If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
To endure, undergo.
I've been suffering your insults for years.
We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.
To allow.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.
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