英语词汇-ess的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	-ess
词源	-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. Entries linking to -ess actress n. 1580s, "female who does something;" see actor + -ess; stage sense is from 1700. Sometimes French actrice was used. Related: Actressy. adulteress n. also adultress, "woman guilty of adultery," an early 17c. substitution for earlier avoutresse (late 14c.), agent noun in fem. form from obsolete verb adulter "commit adultery" (see adulterer), with fem. ending -ess. actress (n.)adulteress (n.)anchoress (n.)authoress (n.)demoness (n.)Druidess (n.)enchantress (n.)giantess (n.)goddess (n.)governess (n.)heiress (n.)hostess (n.)huntress (n.)laundress (n.)lioness (n.)maness (n.)ogress (n.)poetess (n.)priestess (n.)prophetess (n.)seamstress (n.)seductress (n.)shepherdess (n.)stewardess (n.)temptress (n.)tigress (n.)waitress (n.) updated on January 03, 2013
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