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Where does “claudicant” come from?

claudicant (English) comes from Latin claudicans, from Latin claudico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

claudicant (English): limping; One who limps

Definitions

  1. limping; One who limps

Ancestry of “claudicant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclaudicanslimping; wavering
2LatinclaudicoI limp; I waver
3Latin-icoforms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes...
4Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
5Proto-Italic-ōd—
6Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →