Where does “-escent” come from?
-escent (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.
-escent (English): beginning to be; becoming; resembling
Definitions
- beginning to be; becoming; resembling
Ancestry of “-escent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 2 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 3 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
Words derived from “-escent”
- iridescent
- phosphorescent
- phosphorescence
- luminescent
- bioluminescent
- chemiluminescent
- pearlescent
- electroluminescent
- superluminescent
- thermoluminescent
- photoluminescent
- luminesce
- iridescently
- acaulescent
- phosphorescently
- alkalescent
- caulescent
- papescent
- electrophosphorescent
- electrophosphorescence
- electrochemiluminescent
- nonbioluminescent
- iridesce
- chemoluminescent