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Where does “-esse” come from?

-esse (French) comes from Italian -essa, from Portuguese -esa, from Spanish -esa, from Spanish -és, from Spanish política, from Spanish político, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-esse (French): used to form nouns describing the condition of...

Definitions

  1. used to form nouns describing the condition of...

Ancestry of “-esse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-essa-ess
2Portuguese-esafeminine singular of -ês
3Spanish-esafeminine singular of -és
4Spanish-ésForms nouns and adjectives of nationality;...
5Spanishpolíticapolitics; policy; female equivalent of político
6Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
7Latinpolīticus—
8Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
9Swedishpolitikpolitics
10Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
11Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
12Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
13Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
14Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
15Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
16Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-esse”

  • principle
  • principal
  • prince
  • Princeton
  • principally
  • princely
  • principled
  • unprincipled
  • tigress
  • princeps
  • delicatessen
  • principalship
  • traitress
  • principate
  • princedom
  • princeling
  • archduchess
  • Príncipe
  • Princetonian
  • principlism
  • princeliness
  • unprincely
  • coprincipal
  • mulattress
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