indicating a person or thing that is to be dealt with in a specified way
⇒analysand
⇒dividend
⇒multiplicand
Origin
from Latin gerundives ending in -andus, -endus
-and
/ænd/
suffix
(forming nouns) denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way
［构成名词］表示“对象”：
analysand.
词源
from Latin gerundive ending -andus.
▪ I.-and, suffix1Ending of pr.pple. in northern dial., representing OE.-ende, early ME.midl. and south.-ende, -inde, later ME. and modern -ing; as in OE.wrítende, ME.north.writand, early south.writende, -inde, later writinge, modern writing (thus identified with vbl.n. or gerund). In some north. dialects, the pple. and vbl.n. are still distinguished as -ănd, -ing, or at least -ăn', -in'. As ppl.adjs. from Fr. ended in -ant, -aunt, these were often interchanged with -and in 15th c., as in semblant, sembland; amblant, ambland; cf. warrant, warrand; tyrant, tirrand; giant, gyand; merchant, marchand, and the like.▪ II.-and, suffix2A formative element representing the termination -andus, -a, -um of the gerundive of Latin verbs in -āre. Examples of words in -and are analysand, confirmand, educand, graduand, multiplicand, operand, ordinand. The meaning of these words is passive, thus ordinand ‘person to be ordained’. This element has never been a living suffix, having no separate existence apart from the Latin gerundive form from which it is derived. The gerundial endings are sometimes retained in their Latin (neut.) form (with pl.-a), as in avizandum, memorandum, notandum.
-and/and/suffix.Repr. Latin -andus, -da, -dum of the gerundive of Latin verbs in -are, forming nouns usu. with the sense ‘person (or thing) to be treated in a specified way’, as analysand, multiplicand. The neut. gerundial ending is sometimes retained, as in memorandum.
-and 1
-ant, -nd, -on
Suffix
now chiefly dialectal, Scotland Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.
livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand
rare or no longer productive A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.
no longer productive A noun suffix, usually denoting agency, similar to -er.
errand, thousand, weasand
friend, fiend, bond, husband, healand
Etymology
From Middle English-and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English-ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and Old English-end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-Germanic*-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European*-anto-. More at -ing.
-and 2
-end
Suffix
A suffix forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions, such as compiland.
Etymology
From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.