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-and¹

Where it comes from

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.

suffix -ant · -nd · -on

  1. Scotland, dialectal, morpheme Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing. livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand
  2. morpheme A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing. waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand

-and²

Where it comes from

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

suffix -end

  1. morpheme A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.

    Similar: -end, -ee, -ed

Opposite: -er, -or, -ing

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Opposite: -er, -or, -ing

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Chicago

"-and." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-and.

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@misc{and_2026,
  title = {-and},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-and},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}