köken: Inherited from Old French abaesse, abeesse, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, feminine of abbās, abbātis (“abbot”). Morphologically, from abbé (“abbot”) + -esse (“-ess”).
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ἡγουμένη (hēgouménē), feminine noun, as in masculine Koine noun ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos), from Ancient Greek present participle of ἡγέομαι / ἡγοῦμαι (hēgoûmai, “I go before, I lead”).
abbess, mother superior (a female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks)
çekim: çoğul apácafőnöknők
köken: From apáca (“nun”) + főnöknő (“female superior”), from főnök (“boss, superior”) + nő (“woman”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).