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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | Morant | — |
| 2 | Latin | moderandus | which is to be checked, slowed down, controled |
| 3 | Latin | moderō | (“mitigate”; “manage”) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |