-esia

Morpheme

-esia

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting a condition (Latin plural -esiae, Hellenic plural -esiai)

Etymology

(1) Latin -ēsia; Ancient Greek -ēsía, from -ētos + -íā, from -tos; (2) suffixal construction from -esis + -ia

Evidence

aesthesia, aesthesia, agenesia, akinesia, amnesia, anaesthesia, analgesia, anesthesia, atresia, bathyesthesia, cenesthesia, cryesthesia, dysesthesia, dyskinesia, ecclesia, ekklesia, esthesia, hyperesthesia, hyperkinesia, hypermnesia, hypesthesia, hypoesthesia, kinaesthesia, kinesia, kinesthesia, macroesthesia, phonaesthesia, phonesthesia, radiesthesia, somatesthesia, synaesthesia, synesthesia

See Also

-esiae, -esiai, -esis, -ia