-ance / -ence
state or quality of; act of
Latin · -antia, -entia
Turns verbs and adjectives into nouns of state or action: perform + ance = performance, patient becomes patience. Spelling depends on the word: -ance or -ence, and -ancy or -ency.
Memory trick
-ance is a stance: it names the way something stands, its state.
Words from this root
- importance (import + ance) — the quality of being importantमहत्व
- performance (perform + ance) — the act of performingप्रदर्शन
- appearance (appear + ance) — the way something looksरूप-रंग, बाहरी दिखावट
- entrance (entr + ance) — a way inप्रवेश द्वार
- insurance (insur + ance) — protection against lossबीमा
- distance (dist + ance) — space between two pointsदूरी
- patience (pati + ence) — calm waitingधैर्य
- silence (sil + ence) — complete quietख़ामोशी
- absence (abs + ence) — the state of being awayअनुपस्थिति
- presence (pres + ence) — the state of being presentउपस्थिति
- confidence (confid + ence) — belief in oneselfआत्मविश्वास
- intelligence (intellig + ence) — ability to learn and understandबुद्धिमत्ता