-ent
a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of latin origin:
accident; different.
-ent
suffix, suffix
causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action astringent, dependent
word origin
-ent
suffix forming adjectives from nouns or verbs, from fr. -ent, from l. -entem, pp. ending of verbs in -ere/-ire. o.fr. changed many to -ant but after c.1500 some of these in english were changed back to what was supposed to be correct latin.
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