Morpheme
-ant
Type
suffix
Denotation
agent or instrumental nominal suffix; adjectival suffix denoting “doing, prone to, or tending to”
Etymology
Middle English -ant; French and Old French -ant; Latin -antem, from -āns
Evidence
ascendant, avoidant, courant, dormant, errant, habitant, ignorant, lubricant, migrant, servant, significant, triumphant
Notes
historically dependent on the Latin stem word vowel (-are)
