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Where does “-ant-” come from?

-ant- (Esperanto) comes from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك — sound, voice.

-ant- (Esperanto): -anto or -anton Nominative do'er of an action, in...

Definitions

  1. -anto or -anton Nominative do'er of an action, in...

Ancestry of “-ant-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āns—
2Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
3Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
4Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
5Hungarianönyou
6Hungarianön-self-
7Turkishönfront
8Ottoman Turkishاوك—
9Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “-ant-”

  • enloĝanto
  • loĝanto
  • plendanto
  • senloĝantejo
  • kunloĝanto
  • aĉetanto
  • -ant-
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