myEtymology.com: English etymology of claimant

Etymology of the English word claimant

the English word claimant

derived from the English word claim

derived from the Old French word clamer

derived from the Latin word clamare (proclaim, declare; cry)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelə- (to call)

derived from the Old French word claimer

using the English suffix -ant

Word found in Modern English