-and

suffix

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Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing. Scotland, dialectal, morpheme

    "livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand"

  2. 2
    A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland. morpheme
  3. 3
    A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing. morpheme

    "waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand"

Synonyms

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edeeend

Example

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"livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing.

Etymology 2

From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.

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