Etymology

occupant

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Today it means: A person who occupies an office or a position. Full definition →

Middle French occupant ← Latin occupāns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromoccupāns
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromoccupant
  3. English todayoccupant

Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.