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Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAdded to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb. · Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action.
From Middle English -aunce, -ance, from Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -ant-, -ent- + -ia, from stem of Latin -āns, -ēns.
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