Where does “ess” come from?

ess (English) comes from German ess, from Proto-Germanic atiska-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos- — sort of cereal, grain.

ess (English): The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...

Ancestry of “ess”, step by step

ess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
2Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain

via English Oswald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOswaldA place name
2Old EnglishŌsweald—

Words derived from “ess”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos- →