-ence

suff.

1. State or condition: dependence.

2. Action: emergence.

[Middle English, from Latin -entia (from -ēns, -ent-, -ent) and from Old French -ance, -ance.]

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-ence

-ency

suffix forming nouns

indicating an action, state, condition, or quality: benevolence; residence; patience.

[via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending]

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-ance

a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ant or from verbs: brilliance; appearance.

[Middle English < Old French < Latin]

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