Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “-ence” come from?

-ence (Middle English) comes from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia.

Ancestry of “-ence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ence—
2Latin-entia—

Words derived from “-ence”

  • interference
  • convergence
  • recurrence
  • transcendence
  • abhorrence
  • resurgence
  • condolence
  • condolences
  • quiescence
  • birefringence
  • transience
  • supervenience
  • noninterference
  • despondence
  • renascence
  • ebullience
  • remanence
  • respondence
  • nonconvergence
  • limerence
  • reconvergence
  • superconvergence
  • abhorrency
  • nonrecurrence
Every word from Latin -entia →