1650s, from instant (n.) on model of spontaneous, etc. Related: Instantaneously (1640s); instantaneousness; instantaneity.
relief was instantaneous
installation
installment
Instamatic
instance
instant
instantaneous
instanter
instantiate
instantly
instate
instatement
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