-acy

Morpheme

-acy

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting a quality, state, or condition

Etymology

Old French -acie and Medieval Latin -acia; Late Latin -atia

Evidence

accuracy, advocacy, contumacy, delicacy, docimacy, fallacy, legitimacy, piracy, primacy, supremacy, tetrachromacy

See Also

-cy, -accia, -asy