"-esse" meaning in Middle French

See -esse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Old French -ece, from Latin -itia. The modern spelling is due to a phonetic merger with etymology 2; see below. Related to -ise. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frm|fro|-ece|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French -ece, {{inh+|frm|fro|-ece}} Inherited from Old French -ece, {{inh|frm|la|-itia}} Latin -itia Head templates: {{head|frm|suffix}} -esse
  1. used to form nouns describing the condition of being something (-ness, -ity, etc.) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--esse-frm-suffix-frm:quality Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 3 2 20 17 1 14 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frm|fro|-esse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French -esse, {{inh+|frm|fro|-esse}} Inherited from Old French -esse, {{inh|frm|LL.|-issa}} Late Latin -issa, {{der|frm|grc|-ισσα}} Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa) Head templates: {{head|frm|suffix}} -esse
  1. -ess (used to form feminine nouns from masculine ones) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--esse-frm-suffix-frm:female
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -esse meaning in Middle French (2.8kB)

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