dependent
noun/dɪˈpendənt/
/dɪˈpendənt/
- (British English also dependant)a person, especially a child, who depends on another person for a home, food, money, etc.Word Originlate Middle English dependant ‘hanging down’, from Old French, present participle of dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-.
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