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== Esperanto == === Etymology === The a vowel of present-tense -as plus the nt of the Romance active present participle. === Interfix === -ant- (nominal) -anto One who does the action of the root Example: ‎fari (“to do, make”) → ‎faranto (“an agent, a doer, a maker”) (See usage note at -isto) (adjectival) -anta The active present participle Example: ‎fari (“to do, to make”) → ‎faranta (“doing, making”) (adverbial) -ante The active present adverbial participle Example: ‎fari (“to do, to make”) → ‎farante (“doing, making”) ==== Usage notes ==== See usage notes at -isto. === Further reading === “-ant”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “-ant”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto -ant-, from English -ant, French -ant, Italian -ante, -ente, Spanish -ante, -ente and -iente. With the initial a indicating present tense from -as. === Suffix === -ant- suffix forming active participle with -a ‎helpar (“to help”) + ‎-ant- → ‎helpanta (“helping”) nominal active participle with -o ‎helpar (“to help”) + ‎-ant- → ‎helpanto (“someone that helps; assistant, attendant, helper, auxiliary, ally”) plural nominal active participle with -i ‎helpar (“to help”) + ‎-ant- → ‎helpanti (“multiple people that helps; assistants, attendants, helpers, auxiliaries, allies”) adverbial active participle with -e ‎helpar (“to help”) + ‎-ant- → ‎helpante (“helpingly”) ==== Related terms ==== -int- -ont- === See also === -at- -it- -ot-