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English word sissy comes from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (Sister.)

*swésōr (Proto-Indo-European)

Sister.

*swestēr (Proto-Germanic)

Sister.

sweostor (Old English)

A sister.

ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (Proto-Norse)

Sister.

sweoster (Old English)

Sister.

systir (Old Norse)

Sister.

suster (Middle English)

sister (English)

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.. (attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.. (informal) A form of address to a woman.. (slang) A black woman.. (usually, attributively) In the same class.. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.. A female member of a religious order; [...]

sis (English)

(informal).

sissy (English)

(BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.. (colloquial) Sister.. (pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.. (pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man. (pejorative) Cowardly.. (pejorative) Effeminate.

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