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-sis

 
a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbs abstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc.: thesis; aphesis.
Origin:
< Gk
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-sis 
suffix in Gk. nouns denoting action, process, state, condition, from Gk. -sis, which is identical in meaning with L. -entia, Eng. -ing.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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