Words that come from Latin “-sco”
400 words across 11 languages descend from Latin -sco — including quiet, adult, quietly, compliance, comply, coalition, adolescent, adolescence.
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English (286)
- quiet
- adult
- quietly
- compliance
- comply
- coalition
- adolescent
- adolescence
- adulthood
- obsolete
- vanish
- fluorescence
- adept
- compliant
- pact
- quieter
- complying
- acquiesce
- quietness
- incandescent
- quiescent
- noncompliance
- evanescent
- coalesce
- disquiet
- putrid
- disquieting
- convalescence
- coy
- irate
- convalescent
- iridescent
- obsolescence
- quietude
- irascible
- luminescence
- quieting
- unquiet
- quiescence
- disquietude
- coyly
- concupiscence
- pubescent
- acquiescing
- immunofluorescence
- efflorescence
- noncompliant
- acquiescent
- opalescent
- dehiscence
- quitter
- photoluminescence
- coyness
- senescent
- quietism
- evanescence
- bioluminescence
- preadolescent
- coalitional
- prepubescent
- arborescent
- chemiluminescence
- autofluorescence
- irascibility
- subadult
- quieten
- tumescent
- tumescence
- adeptly
- putrescent
- quittance
- quietist
- florescent
- florescence
- electroluminescence
- convalesce
- epifluorescence
- opalescence
- adeptness
- putrescible
- thermoluminescence
- putrescine
- detumescence
- preadolescence
- vanisheth
- concupiscent
- dehiscent
- pearlescent
- compliantly
- irately
- disquietingly
- adultlike
- irascibly
- quietistic
- compliancy
- hyperfluorescence
- cathodoluminescence
- noncomplying
- senesce
- preadult
- unquietness
- inquiet
- obsoleteness
- arborescence
- indehiscent
- complier
- intumescent
- postadolescent
- dehisce
- quiescently
- vanishment
- evanishment
- acquiescently
- postpubescent
- unquietly
- uncomplying
- candescent
- evanescently
- incompliance
- adultism
- nigrescence
- disquietness
- incandescently
- electrochemiluminescence
- sonoluminescence
- coalitionary
- quittor
- suffrutescent
- evanish
- coalescer
- nonadult
- adulticide
- acquiescingly
- incompliant
- disquieteth
- obsoletely
- uncompliant
- frutescent
- canescent
- iridescently
- adultification
- rubescent
- chemoluminescence
- detumescent
- adultness
- spinescent
- overcompliance
- quietlike
- acescent
- triboluminescence
- viridescent
- vanisher
- postadolescence
- imputrescible
- adolescently
- nigrescent
- anticoalition
- adulticidal
- disquietly
- putridness
- superluminescence
- superfluorescence
- microimmunofluorescence
- coalitionist
- microfluorescence
- putridly
- alkalescent
- coalite
- albescent
- papescent
- compliable
- marcescent
- quieteth
- intumesce
- vanishest
- quietish
- compesce
- ultraquiet
- microphotoluminescence
- reflorescence
- inquietness
- obsoletion
- radioluminescence
- adultly
- antiputrescent
- opalescently
- adultship
- coyish
- unadept
- ignescent
- presenescent
- erubescite
- noncomplier
- inadept
- noncoalition
- nonquiescent
- countercoalition
- intercoalition
- frondescent
- reviviscent
- unquietude
- chemifluorescence
- complieth
- quietsome
- disquietment
- quietener
- coalitionism
- superquiet
- disquietous
- obsoletism
- pactitious
- recoalesce
- coyishly
- adultish
- adulted
- adultify
- disquieter
- nonpubescent
- hypercompliant
- undercompliance
- quiescency
- bequiet
- subadolescent
- adultoid
- delitescent
- emollescence
- violescent
- mechanoluminescence
- radiophotoluminescence
- noniridescent
- nonadolescent
- nontumescent
- complyingly
- quietless
- uncoy
- postconvalescent
- nondehiscent
- inacquiescent
- irascibleness
- nonincandescent
- tabescent
- irateness
- nonacquiescing
- unadult
- uncompliance
- gangrenescent
- pubescently
- nonquiet
- disquietful
- compliest
- hyalescent
- kittysol
- opalesce
- vaporescent
- prepubescently
- nonobsolete
- concupiscently
- putrescently
- magnetoluminescence
- autoluminescence
- maturescent
- nonevanescent
- profectitious
- peripubescent
- piezoluminescence
- inadeptness
- nonobsolescence
- precoalition
- tumescently
- magnetophotoluminescence
- -escent
- accoy
- albescence
- coalitioner
- convalescently
- discompliance
- -escence
- frondesce
- fructescence
- hyalescence
- invalescence
- -esce
- overcoy
- putredinous
- spinulescent
- virilescent
Latin (80)
- abolesco
- adultus
- adolescentem
- adolescens
- acquiescere
- quiescere
- adolescentia
- adolescent
- adeptus
- albescens
- acquiescens
- albesco
- acescens
- canescens
- canesco
- concupiscentia
- concupiscens
- convalescens
- quietus
- hiscere
- dehiscentem
- delitescens
- efflorescere
- florescere
- mollescere
- floresco
- florescens
- frondescere
- frondescens
- frondesco
- ignescens
- incalescens
- incalesco
- calesco
- incandescens
- incandesco
- candesco
- inquietare
- invalescens
- convalesce
- iratus
- irasci
- marcescens
- marcesco
- maturescens
- nigrescens
- nigrescere
- obsolescens
- obsoletus
- pactum
- scitum
- profectitius
- pubescens
- putredo
- putrere
- putrescens
- putresco
- putrescere
- putridus
- quiescentia
- quiescens
- quiesco
- reviviscens
- rubescens
- rubesco
- senescent
- senescens
- tabescens
- tabesco
- tumesco
- -esco
- evanesco
- viridescens
- viridesco
- -escens
- -escere
- frigesco
- grandesco
- siccesco
- nigresco