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-ant

suffix
/ənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant From Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and.

  1. inherited from -ende
  2. derived from -āns
  3. derived from -ant
  4. inherited from -ant

Definitions

  1. The agent noun derived from verb.

    • serve → servant

  2. An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the…

    An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".

  3. An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of

    An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".

    • ascend → ascendant
    • err → errant.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of -and.

      • blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA