-ancy

English

Etymology

From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, French -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc.

Suffix

-ancy

  1. Added to verbs and adjectives to form nouns conveying a condition or quality associated with the verb.
    ‎buoyant + ‎-ancy → ‎buoyancy
    ‎ascendant + ‎-ancy → ‎ascendancy
    ‎expect + ‎-ancy → ‎expectancy

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ancy
accountancy
ascendancy
attractancy
benignancy
brilliancy
buoyancy
compliancy
conservancy
consultancy
conversancy
dependancy
descendancy
dilatancy
expectancy
flamboyancy
inhabitancy
inoperancy
itinerancy
joyancy
luxuriancy
malignancy
mendicancy
predominancy
radiancy
relevancy
reluctancy
significancy
stimulancy

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