Femminile
-esse
Senso (English)
used to form nouns describing the condition of being something (-ness, -ity, etc.)
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɛs/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
Inherited from Old French -ece, from Latin -itia. The modern spelling is due to a phonetic merger with etymology 2; see below. Related to -ise.
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