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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 214 words | Copyright

-ess2 ME. -esse -(O)F. -esse, :- L. -itia, forming sbs. of quality or condition, as trĩstitia sadness, f. trĩstis sad; examples are DURESS, LARGESS, PROWESS, †richesse RICHES, all adopted from F.

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