remnant

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈrɛmnənt/ UK /ˈrɛmnənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a small remaining quantity of something

Only a remnant of the old wall still stands.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small remaining quantity... remainder residue vestige trace fragment scrap

Opposites

whole entirety

Word family

Related forms remain remanent remainder

Etymology

From Middle English remenant, from Old French remanant ('remainder'), present participle of remanoir ('to remain'), from Latin remanere ('to stay behind').

remanant Old French remanere Latin manere Middle English

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# remnant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛmnənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛmnənt/

## Meanings
1. a small remaining quantity of something

## Examples
- Only a remnant of the old wall still stands.

## Synonyms
- remainder
- residue
- vestige
- trace
- fragment
- scrap

## Antonyms
- whole
- entirety

## Related Forms
- remain
- remanent
- remainder

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: remanant
- Root: remanere
- Root: manere

## Etymology
From Middle English remenant, from Old French remanant ('remainder'), present participle of remanoir ('to remain'), from Latin remanere ('to stay behind').

## AI Etymology
Remnant comes from Middle English remenant, from Old French remanant ('remainder'), present participle of remanoir ('to remain'), from Latin remanere ('to stay behind'). The historical chain includes Old French remanant, Latin remanere, and Latin manere. The quoted older senses, "remainder", "to remain", and "to stay behind", supply the semantic anchors for remnant. The formation is best read as participial and borrowed: the word remnant carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a small remaining quantity of something". Related English forms include remain, remanent, and remainder. The result is a noun and adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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