-nesse

See also: nesse

English

Suffix

-nesse

1. Obsolete spelling of -ness.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• -ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez

Etymology

From Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-nɛs(ə)/

Suffix

-nesse (plural -nessen or -nesses)

1. Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -nesse

Descendants

• English: -ness
• Scots: -nes

See also

• -hede

References

• “-nes(se, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.