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Where does “-ent” come from?

-ent (Middle English) comes from Old French -ent, from Latin -ens — Ending of the present active participle of second...

-ent (Middle English): present participle suffix

Definitions

  1. present participle suffix

Ancestry of “-ent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ent—
2Latin-ensEnding of the present active participle of second...

Words derived from “-ent”

  • transcendent
  • referent
  • propellant
  • transcendently
  • coreferent
  • bipropellant
  • propellent
  • monopropellant
  • nontranscendent
  • propellantless
  • pustulent
  • nonreferent
  • referentless
  • fervorent
  • abortient
  • nonpropellant
  • absent referent
  • -ent
  • transcendentness
  • pauciloquent
  • propellentless
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