-nesse
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See also: nesse
English[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-nesse
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-nesse (plural -nessen or -nesses)
- Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “-nes(se, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.
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