-ant
French
suffix
Definitions
- ing;
- (rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French -ant inherited from Latin -āns.
Origin
Latin
-āns
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ant English
- appetizing English
- appetizingly English
- calculant English
- recapitulant English
- unappetizing English
- -andus Latin
- -endus Latin
- -āns Latin
- -āntem, -ans, -āns Latin
- -ando Italian
- -ante Italian
- -endo Italian
- -ando Spanish, Castilian
- -ante Spanish, Castilian
- -iendo Spanish, Castilian
- -ant Middle English
- -ant Old French
- -ant- Esperanto