Etymology

-and

Today it means: Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing. Full definition →

Middle English -and ← Old English -ende ← Proto-West Germanic *-andī
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-and · suffix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*-onts
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*-andz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*-andī
  4. Old English · inherited from-ende
  5. Middle English · inherited from-and
  6. English today-and

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.

-and · suffix2

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

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