Where does “Deessa” come from?
Deessa (Catalan) comes from Catalan -essa, from Old Catalan -essa, from Latin -issa, 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...
Ancestry of “Deessa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | -essa | -ess |
| 2 | Old Catalan | -essa | — |
| 3 | Latin | -issa | |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐσσᾰ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |