Many Italian words which end with the letters ce have the letter z in Spanish and Portuguese. Here is a list of ten words:
actress attrice atriz (Portuguese) actriz (Spanish)
cross croce cruz
fast veloce veloz
ferocious feroce feroz
empress imperatrice imperatriz (Portuguese) emperatriz (Spanish)
happy feliz feliz
light luce luz
nut noce noz (Portuguese) nuez (Spanish)
peace pace paz
voice voce voz
The words from the list end with an x in Latin. The Latin words for empress, happy and light are imperatrix, felix and lux. The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese words are the result of sound change.
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