-cy

-cy
-cy abstract noun suffix of quality or rank, from L. -cia, -tia, from Gk. -kia, -tia, from abstract ending -ia + stem ending -c- or -t-. The native correspondents are -SHIP (Cf. -ship), -HOOD (Cf. -hood).

Etymology dictionary. 2014.

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