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sis

  [sis]
–noun Informal.
sister.
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Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; shortened form; cf. D zus for zuster sister
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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   (sĭs)   
n.   Informal
Sister.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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sis [sɪs]

  1. n.
    sister. (Also a term of address and a common pet name for one's sister.) : Come on, sis. We're going to be late.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sis 
1656, abbreviated form of sister; in Amer.Eng., applied generally to girls and young women (1859).

-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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SIS
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