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Desinence

//ˈdɛsɪnəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

Etymology

Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”).

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