English Explanatory Dictionary

-sis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. forming nouns of action or process
  2. forming nouns of condition
  3. forming additional nouns

Word forms

-sis -ses

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing.

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