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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Cannot use NULL as identifier?
Date: 03 Jun 2001 12:25:48 +0200
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"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:

> "Obsolescent" means "becoming obsolete."
> The "-cent" suffix is used on lots of words -- e.g.,
> "nascent" means "being born,"  etc.

IIRC, it's the '-sc-' which indicates that a process is still in its
beginning, the '-ent' is a variation of the present participle suffix
in Latin.