-escence Definition
esəns
suffix
State; process. Used to form nouns from adjectives in -escent or verbs in -esce:
Fluorescence.
American Heritage
affix
The process of becoming or beginning.
Obsolescence.
Webster's New World
Origin of -escence
French from Old French from Latin -ēscentia from -ēscēns -ēscent- -escent
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”).
From Wiktionary
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L -escentia < -escens: see -escent
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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