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-ess
fem. suffix, from French
-esse
, from Late Latin
-issa
, from Greek
-issa
(cognate with Old English fem. agent suffix
-icge
); rare in classical Greek but more common later, in
diakonissa
"deaconess" and other Church terms picked up by Latin.
