Etymology

-escent

Today it means: beginning to be; becoming Full definition →

Latin -ēscēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed from-ēscēns
  2. English today-escent

From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ent.

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