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Language: Old French
Origin: -cie, from Latin -tia

-cy

 suffix
     
Related topics: Officials
-cy [in nouns]
1XX the state or quality of being something:
accuracy
bankruptcy
2PGO a particular rank or position:
a baronetcy
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