-escence

suffix

A process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).

OriginLatin -escens →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. A process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).
  2. A specified process or state.

Origin

  1. Latin-escens
  2. English-escence

From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ence.

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APA

-escence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-escence

MLA

“-escence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-escence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-escence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-escence.

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