abbesse
French
noun
Definitions
- abbess female abbot
Etymology
Inherited from Old French abaesse derived from Latin abbātissa (abbess) suffix from French abbé (abbot).
Origin
French
abbé
Gloss
abbot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abbé English
- abbas Latin
- abbas, abbās, abbātem Latin
- abbās Latin
- abbātissa Latin
- Abbé German
- badessa Italian
- Labbé French
- abbé French
- abbedisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- abbadissa Old Norse
- abbatissa Old Norse
- abbedisse Danish
- abaesse Old French
- abeesse Old French
- abadessa Catalan, Valencian
- abbadís Icelandic
- abbêsse Norman
- abbadisse Middle Low German