-ance (a state) · a particularly excessive or overindulgent state, as in festança and comilança
eş: -ância, -ença, -ência
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -antia Old Galician-Portuguese -ança Portuguese -ança Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ança, from Latin -antia, from -ius, from Old Latin -ios, from Proto-Italic *-ios, from Proto-Indo-European *-yós. Doublet of -ância. Cognate with Spanish -anza, French -ance and Italian -anza.
From Old French -ance, from Latin -antia and -entia. Compare Spanish -anza, -enza, Italian -anza, -enza, Portuguese -ança, -ença, Romanian -ință. Cognate to French -ence.