Where does “βασίλισσα” come from?

βασίλισσα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

βασίλισσα (Ancient Greek): queen, a female monarch; empress

Definitions

  1. queen, a female monarch; empress

Ancestry of “βασίλισσα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰfemininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “βασίλισσα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ →