-escesuffix

Primary stress is attracted to this suffix.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ēscere.

Etymology: < classical Latin -ēscere (in e.g. convalēscere convalesce v.), suffix forming inchoative verbs < verbs in -ēre.Found in borrowings from the late 15th and 16th centuries onwards, e.g. convalesce v., coalesce v., etc. Formations within English are found from the end of the 18th cent., e.g. phosphoresce v., opalesce v., fluoresce v., frequently on the model of adjectives in -escent suffix or nouns in -escence suffix.

Forming verbs with the sense ‘to be, become, or resemble (what is implied by the first element)’, typically corresponding to adjectives in -escent suffix or nouns in -escence suffix, as fluoresce v., opalesce v., phosphoresce v., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	-esce
释义	-escesuffix Primary stress is attracted to this suffix. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ēscere. Etymology: < classical Latin -ēscere (in e.g. convalēscere convalesce v.), suffix forming inchoative verbs < verbs in -ēre.Found in borrowings from the late 15th and 16th centuries onwards, e.g. convalesce v., coalesce v., etc. Formations within English are found from the end of the 18th cent., e.g. phosphoresce v., opalesce v., fluoresce v., frequently on the model of adjectives in -escent suffix or nouns in -escence suffix. Forming verbs with the sense ‘to be, become, or resemble (what is implied by the first element)’, typically corresponding to adjectives in -escent suffix or nouns in -escence suffix, as fluoresce v., opalesce v., phosphoresce v., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < suffix
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