Morpheme
-ant
Type
suffix
Denotation
agent or instrumental noun suffix, adjective suffix denoting “doing, prone to, or tending to” (feminine -ante)
Etymology
Middle English -ant; French and Old French -ant; Latin -antem, from -āns, from -ns
Evidence
accountant, ascendant, avoidant, buoyant, castigant, confessant, courant, debutant, deodorant, depressant, dormant, debutant, duplicant, errant, expectorant, exudant, fulminant, glidant, habitant, hydrant, ignorant, important, inhabitant, intoxicant, irritant, isolant, lubricant, luxuriant, matriculand, merchant, migrant, nurturant, occupant, participant, pleasant, pollutant, propellant, protestant, reactant, reliant, resistant, servant, significant, sonant, suppressant, toxant, toxicant, triumphant, vesicant
Notes
historically dependent on the Latin stem word vowel (-are)
See Also
-ent, -ence, -ens, -entes, -ente, -enti, -enzo, -enza, -ante, -ance, -anza
