-sē, -si noun suffix
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English -cie, from Old French, from Late Latin -cia, from Latin -tia, partly from Latin -t- (as final stem consonant) + -ia -y, partly from Greek -teia, -tia, from -t- (as final stem consonant) + -eia, -ia -y
: act : action : practice : function
pira cy
prophe cy
: rank : office
baronet cy
chaplain cy
general cy
: body : class
aristocra cy
: state : quality
accura cy
bankrupt cy
normal cy
— orig. and still often replacing a final -t or -te of the base noun or adjective