ascendency

/əˈsendənsi/uh-SEN-duhn-see

/əˈsɛndənsi/uh-SEN-duhn-see

Meaningthe state of ascending; rising power

Common meaning: dominance

ato, towards, at (Latin ad-, often through French a-)
scendto climbLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1639 · scan
encynoun ending: the quality or state of

‘to, towards, at (Latin ad-, often through French a-)’ + ‘to climb’ → ascendency

Journey through time

Proto-Indo-European*skand-‘spring, spring up, climb’source
Latinscandō, scānsum‘to climb’
Englishascend‘to climb up’
Englishformed in English from ascendascendency‘dominance’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Formed in English from ascend + -ency.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ASCEND, p.36 · scan

Roots

scandō, scānsum Latin “to climb”

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