Where does “pempant” come from?
pempant (Romanian) comes from French pimpant, from French -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
pempant (Romanian): spruce, dapper, dashing
Definitions
- spruce, dapper, dashing
Ancestry of “pempant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pimpant | spruce, dapper, dashing |
| 2 | French | -ant | -ing; "abracadabra" → "abracadabrant"; Used to... |
| 3 | Old French | -ant | used to form the present participle of verbs |
| 4 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 5 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |