Where does “-ant” come from?

-ant (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

-ant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “-ant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
2Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “-ant”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Italic -āō →