a suffix of adjectives borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative force; often corresponding to verbs in -esce and nouns in -escence: convalescent; recrudescent.
[ -escens, prp. ending ]
-ESCENT
Meaning of -ESCENT in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012