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Language: Latin
Origin: -ent-, the base form of the present participle ending

-ent

 suffix
     
-ent [in adjectives and nouns]
someone or something that does something, or that has a particular quality:
local residents
 ➔ -ant
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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