-sis

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing.

-sis (plural -ses)

1. forming nouns of action or process

   catharsis, dialysis, diagnosis, crisis

2. (medicine) forming nouns of condition

   psoriasis, sepsis, tuberculosis, psychosis

3. forming additional nouns

   basis, oasis, thesis, stasis

Not very productive: primarily used for borrowed terms from Ancient Greek, though there are also modern coinages based on Ancient Greek roots.

• ISS, SSI

-sīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -sus

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-sehs.

-sis (Syllabics -ᓯᐢ)

1. alternative form of -is

-sis f (noun-forming suffix, plural -sises)

1. -sis

• “-sis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024