View source for -is in Latin and Greek

Several common words in academic English ending in '''-is''' come from [[Latin]] and [[Greek]], such as analys'''is''', hypothes'''is''' and cris'''is'''.  The 'correct' [[plural]] form for these in formal English is '''-es''': in these examples, analys'''es''', hypothes'''es''' and cris'''es'''.  Oddly, this form is not correct in the original language.  All three of these words (and many others that end in -is) come from Greek, where the plural form would be ''-eis'' (''kris'''eis''''', '' hupothes'''eis''''' and so on) - note how strange a strict [[transliteration]] is.  English adopted these words from their Latin versions, and the regular Latin plural for words ending in -is is '''-es'''.

So now it is correct for us to use this incorrect form.
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