-escence

a suffix of nouns denoting action or process, change, state or condition, etc., and corresponding to verbs ending in -esce or adjectives ending in -escent: convalescence; luminescence.

Origin of -escence

< Latin -ēscentia. See -esce, -ence

Words nearby -escence

-eroo, -ers, -ery, -es, -esce, -escence, -escent, -ese, -esis, -esque, -ess