-cy

noun suffix Etymology: Middle English -cie, from Anglo-French, from Latin -tia, partly from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia -y, partly from Greek -tia, -teia, from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia, -eia -y 1. action ; practice <

mendicancy

> 2. rank ; office <

baronetcy

> <

chaplaincy

> 3. body ; class <

magistracy

> 4. state ; quality <

bankruptcy

> <

normalcy

> — often replacing a final -t or -te of the base word <

accuracy

>