Where does “fessa” come from?

fessa (French) comes from French fesser, from Old French faisse, from Latin fascia, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.

fessa (French): third-person singular past historic of fesser

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of fesser

Ancestry of “fessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfesserto spank; to whack
2Old Frenchfaisse—
3Latinfasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰasḱ-bundle, heap, load
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- →Every word from Latin fascia →Every word from Old French faisse →