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escent- root words — words with the escent- root

The root escent- comes from Latin escens, meaning becoming, growing. 27 words in Dendril are built from it, including acescent, albescent, arborescent, candescent, canescent, caulescent, delitescent, electroluminescent, frutescent, glabrescent, glaucescent, ignescent. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the escent- root

Explore words with escent- — words containing the escent- root and sharing its sense of "becoming, growing". Examples include acescent, albescent, arborescent, candescent, canescent, caulescent, delitescent, electroluminescent, frutescent, glabrescent, glaucescent, ignescent. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does escent- mean?

The escent- root means becoming, growing, from Latin escens. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.