[1605–15; (‹ F) ‹ L ēmānant- (s. of ēmānāns outflowing, prp. of ēmānāre), equiv. to ē-e- + mān- flow + -ant--ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ferrule, gothic, independent, inverse, surfacee- is a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimesimparting a privative or negative force. Other words that use the affix e- include: edit, educate, eliminate, erect, erupt; -ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant