Where does “patriotess” come from?

patriotess (English) comes from English Patriot, from Middle French patriote, from Latin patriōta, from Ancient Greek πατριώτης, from Ancient Greek -ώτης — Suffix used to form various kinds of nouns,...

patriotess (English): A female patriot

Definitions

  1. A female patriot

Ancestry of “patriotess”, step by step

patriotess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Patriot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPatriotAn individual Patriot missile; A person who was...
2Middle Frenchpatriotecompatriot
3Latinpatriōtacountryman
4Ancient Greekπατριώτηςof the same country
5Ancient Greek-ώτηςSuffix used to form various kinds of nouns,...

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 Ancient Greek -ώτης →Every word from Ancient Greek πατριώτης →Every word from Latin patriōta →