fesse

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fesse, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fissa (“split, cleft”), from Latin fissum, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós. Originally referred to the gluteal cleft. The verb fesser and its derivatives are etymologically unrelated and converged toward fesse in both form and sense through assimilation.

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