Where does “-ence” come from?
-ence (French) comes from Latin -entia.
-ence (French): -ence, -ance
Definitions
- -ence, -ance
Ancestry of “-ence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | -entia | — |
Words derived from “-ence”
- emergence
- deference
- preferential
- incompetence
- referential
- preferentially
- deferential
- effervescence
- flatulence
- deferentially
- reemergence
- referentiality
- referentially
- coreferential
- opalescence
- preemergence
- postemergence
- nonreferential
- deliquescence
- nonpreferential
- arborescence
- coreferentiality
- multireferential
- autoreferential