-escent

English

Etymology

Latin -escent-

Suffix

-escent

1. beginning to be; becoming
2. resembling

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -escent

Related terms

terms ending in -escent otherwise formed

acaulescent accrescent acquiescent adolescent albescent arborescent canescent caulescent decrescent effervescent evanescent excrescent flavescent frondescent incalescent incandescent increscent juvenescent lactescent liquescent marcescent

obsolescent postpubescent prepubescent pubescent quiescent putrescent rubescent rufescent senescent spinescent suffrutescent tabescent tumescent virescent viridescent

• -esce
• -escence