Where does “-es” come from?

-es (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *-es, from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-es (Middle Welsh): female suffix, -ess

Definitions

  1. female suffix, -ess

Ancestry of “-es”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*-es—
2Latin-issa
3Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰfemininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-es”

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