Where does “гигантесса” come from?

гигантесса (Russian) comes from Russian -е́сса, 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...

гигантесса (Russian): giantess

Definitions

  1. giantess

Ancestry of “гигантесса”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-е́сса—
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Latin -issa →