Where does “-esce” come from?

-esce (English) comes from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

-esce (English): Used to form verbs from nouns, following the...

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, following the...

Ancestry of “-esce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
2Proto-Italic*-ēskō—

Words derived from “-esce”

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