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Etymology of the English word canoness

the English word canoness
derived from the English word canon
derived from the Anglo-French word canunie
derived from the Latin word canonicus (canon; member of cathedral canonry; clergyman; canonical, by canons, legal; mathematician, theorist; one who constructs mathematical; regular; secular; by math divisions of monochord)
derived from the Greek word kanonikos, κανονικός
derived from the Greek word kanon, κανών (a rule ('canon'); a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary; a sphere (of activity))
using the English suffix -ess
derived from the French suffix -esse
derived from the Latin suffix -issa




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