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Hmmm... Are there any other examples of a suffix of "ce" transferring to "tial" to mean "about that thing"? Presence -> Presential Governance -> Governantial
by spywaregorilla 4y ago
Hmmm... Are there any other examples of a suffix of "ce" transferring to "tial" to mean "about that thing"?
Presence -> Presential
Governance -> Governantial
Fence -> Fential
Evanescence -> Evanesential
The latter is at least the best conceivable name for an Evanescence cover band.
- narag 4y agoSince you're curious: in the original Latin you'd be looking for words of 3rd declination that have "ent" and, depending on case, end with -ens (contraction of ent+s), -entis, -entia or something like that. I guess English took (ens -> ence) and (entia + l -> ential).
- mdisibio 4y agoReference -> Referential Difference -> Differential Prudence -> Prudential (now I understand the origin of this name)
- StrictDabbler 4y agoI think it's pretty common, you're just not reaching for the right set of "-ence" words. Residence -> residential, Evidence -> evidential... Jurisprudential, existential, penitential... The only thing is that about half have become "having characteristics related to the thing" instead of "about the thing". Words like consequential, pestilential, preferential have a common usage in this realm but still can be used in the "discussion about a thing" sense.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoAh yeah these are good.