-and meaning: definition, etymology

-and

suffix

Etymology From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing.

Scotland, Dialectal, Morpheme Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.

livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand

Morpheme A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.

Now rarely productive

waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand

-and

suffix

Etymology From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.

Morpheme A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.

Synonyms: -end, -ee, -ed
Antonyms: -er, -or, -ing