-ance etymology

French word -ance comes from Old French -ance (-ance (suffixed used to form nouns).)

Detailed word origin of -ance

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ance Old French (fro) -ance (suffixed used to form nouns).
-ance French (fra) -ance (suffix used to form nouns).

Words with the same origin as -ance

Descendants of -ance
affairisme doutance défaiseur espérance faire faiseur malfaiteur méfait souffrance vengeance