"-essa" meaning in Italian

See -essa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈes.sa/
Rhymes: -essa Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Italian -essa From Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la:-issa<ety:bor<grc:-ισσα>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Italian -essa [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "feminine suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "i-stem suffix" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "neuter plural suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ih₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐᾰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ισσα", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-issa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-essa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="-essa">, {{inh|it|la|-issa}} Latin -issa, {{der|it|grc|-ισσα}} Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa), {{ety|it|:inh|la:-issa<ety:bor<grc:-ισσα>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Italian -essa Head templates: {{head|it|suffix}} -essa
  1. -ess Tags: morpheme
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