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Where does “defendaunt” come from?

defendaunt (Middle English) comes from Old French defendant, from Latin dēfendere.

defendaunt (Middle English): defending; defending in a suit; defendant in a...

Definitions

  1. defending; defending in a suit; defendant in a...

Ancestry of “defendaunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdefendant—
2Latindēfendere—

Words derived from “defendaunt”

  • defendant
  • codefendant
  • multidefendant
  • nondefendant
  • prodefendant
  • antidefendant
  • co-defendant
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