Where does “-enc” come from?

-enc (Old French) comes from Frankish -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

-enc (Old French): member of

Definitions

  1. member of

Ancestry of “-enc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish-ing-ing
2Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingaz →Every word from Frankish -ing →
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