-escencesuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: late Middle English -escens, late Middle English– -escence, 1500s–1600s -essence; Scottish pre-1700 -escens, pre-1700 1700s– -escence.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -escence; Latin -ēscentia.

Etymology: < (i) French -escence (in e.g. adolescence adolescence n.) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin -ēscentia (in e.g. adolēscentia ) < -ēscent- , -ēscēns -escent suffix + -ia -ia suffix¹.

Forming nouns corresponding to adjectives in -escent suffix, as effervescence, iridescence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	-escence
释义	-escencesuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: late Middle English -escens, late Middle English– -escence, 1500s–1600s -essence; Scottish pre-1700 -escens, pre-1700 1700s– -escence. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -escence; Latin -ēscentia. Etymology: < (i) French -escence (in e.g. adolescence adolescence n.) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin -ēscentia (in e.g. adolēscentia ) < -ēscent- , -ēscēns -escent suffix + -ia -ia suffix¹. Forming nouns corresponding to adjectives in -escent suffix, as effervescence, iridescence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < suffix
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