Morpheme
-asce
Type
suffix
Denotation
verb suffix denoting “grow, become, enter into a state,” inchoative suffix
Etymology
Latin -āscere, from -āre + -scere
Evidence
adnascent, -ascence, -ascent, -ascibility, -ascible, -ascibly, connascent, enascent, irascibility, irascible, irascibleness, irascibly, nascent, nascently, renascence, renascent, renascently, renascible, subnascent, unirascible