-escent
becoming, beginning to be
Latin · -escens (inceptive participle)
Latin -escens (from verbs ending in -escere) means "beginning to be" or "becoming". An adolescent is growing up, a luminescent object begins to give light, an effervescent drink starts to bubble.
Memory trick
ESCENT sounds like "essence": the essence of becoming.
Words from this root
- adolescent (adol + escent) — growing into adulthoodकिशोर
- convalescent (con + val + escent) — recovering from illnessस्वास्थ्य लाभ करता
- fluorescent (fluor + escent) — glowing under lightप्रतिदीप्त
- luminescent (lumin + escent) — giving off lightचमकने वाला
- obsolescent (obsol + escent) — becoming out of dateपुराना पड़ता हुआ
- phosphorescent (phosphor + escent) — glowing in the darkअँधेरे में चमकने वाला
- iridescent (irid + escent) — shimmering with rainbow coloursइंद्रधनुषी
- effervescent (efferv + escent) — bubbling, livelyझागदार, उमंग भरा
- effervesce (efferv + esce) — to bubble upबुलबुले उठना