WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-fess-, root.
- -fess- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "declare;
acknowledge.'' This meaning is found in such words as: confess, confession, confessional, profess, professed, profession, professional, professor, unprofessional.
'-fess-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bar
- checky
- coupe
- fess
- fess point
- fesse
- gyron
- heart point
- honorable ordinary
- nombril
- nowy