-aunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -antia, -entia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ˈa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /-a(u̯)ns(ə)/[1]

Suffix

-aunce

  1. Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance.[2]
Middle English terms suffixed with -aunce
alegiaunce
alliaunce
anoyaunce
aqueyntaunce
deceyvaunce
disheritaunce
enheritaunce
governaunce
heritaunce
legiaunce
noyaunce
parfourmaunce
quytaunce
recoveraunce
signifiaunce

Descendants

  • English: -ance (-ence)
  • Scots: -ance (-ence)

References

  1. ^ Sandved, Arthur (1985), “9. Derivational Suffixes”, in Introduction to Chaucerian English (Chaucer Studies; 11), Part II: Morphology, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41.
  2. ^ “-aunce, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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