Where does “Morant” come from?

Morant (English) comes from Old French Morant, from Latin moderandus, from Latin moderō, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “Morant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchMorant
2Latinmoderanduswhich is to be checked, slowed down, controled
3Latinmoderō(“mitigate”; “manage”)
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin moderōEvery word from Latin moderandus