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Where does “-escence” come from?

-escence (English) comes from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-escence (English): a specified process or state

Definitions

  1. a specified process or state

Ancestry of “-escence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-escens—
2Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
3Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-escence”

  • fluorescence
  • luminescence
  • immunofluorescence
  • photoluminescence
  • bioluminescence
  • chemiluminescence
  • autofluorescence
  • electroluminescence
  • epifluorescence
  • opalescence
  • thermoluminescence
  • hyperfluorescence
  • cathodoluminescence
  • electrochemiluminescence
  • sonoluminescence
  • chemoluminescence
  • triboluminescence
  • superluminescence
  • superfluorescence
  • microimmunofluorescence
  • microfluorescence
  • microphotoluminescence
  • radioluminescence
  • chemifluorescence
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