Morpheme
-ence
Type
suffix
Denotation
abstract noun suffix denoting a process, state, quality
Etymology
iddle English -ence; Old French -ence; Latin -entia, from -entis + -ia, from -ēns
Evidence
abhorrence, abstinence, adolescence, ambivalence, coalescence, coherence, condolence, convergence, correspondence, cromulence, deference, dependence, despondence, deterrence, difference, divergence, -ency, -escence, excrescence, existence, extumescence, glaucescence, hyalescence, incandescence, independence, indolence, inference, insistence, iridescence, juvenescence, latency, limerence, liquescence, nascence, neurodivergence, obstinence, occurrence, penitence, phosphorescence, precedence, providence, quiescence, reference, residence, resurgence, senescence, transcendence, transience, turbulence, urgency, valence
Notes
historically dependent on the Latin stem word vowel (-ere, -ire)
See Also
-ent, -ens, -entes, -ente, -enti, -enzo, -enza, -ant, -ante, -ance, -anza
