suffixthird-declension participle
-ēns
-ēns (genitive -entis)
Meaning
- morphemeparticipleending of the present active participle of second and third conjugation verbs; see -ns
Origins
Rebracketing of forms such as monēns (stem monē- + suffix -ns) or legēns (stem leg- + thematic vowel -e- + -ns).
Descendants
- Catalan-ent
- French-ant
- French-ent
- Italian-ente
- Portuguese-ente
- Spanish-iente
- Spanish-ente
- English-ent
- Norwegian Bokmål-ent