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-escent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
-es-cent
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

beginning to be; becoming

suffix

resembling

Etymology

From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ent.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

-esce -escence

Frequently Paired Words

acaulescent accrescent acquiescent adolescent albescent arborescent canescent caulescent

Questions

What does -escent mean?
beginning to be; becoming
Where does -escent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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