Etymology

continuant

C3O1N1T1I1N1U1A1N1T1

Today it means: A linguistic sound other than a stop. Full definition →

English continue ← Middle English continuen ← Old French continuer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
  8. Proto-Italic*tenēō
  9. Latinteneō
  10. Latincontin(eō)
  11. Latincontinuus
  12. Latincontinuō
  13. Old Frenchcontinuer
  14. Middle Englishcontinuen
  15. Englishcontinue
  16. English todaycontinuant

From continue + -ant.

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