Where does “apess” come from?

apess (English) comes from English ape, from Middle English ape, from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

apess (English): A female ape

Definitions

  1. A female ape

Ancestry of “apess”, step by step

apess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapeA primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally...
2Middle EnglishapeAn ape or monkey; a simian creature; A deceiver;...
3Old Englishapamonkey, ape
4Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
5Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
6Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →