from Old French -ice, from Latin -itia, -itius, -itium, or from other sources by assimilation.
▪ I.-ice, suffix1in ME. also -is(e, -ys(e, etc.1. a. OF.-ice (-ise), of non-popular origin, ad. L. -itia (Sp.-icia, It.-izia), or -itius, -itium (Sp.-icio, It.-izio). Thus avarice, justice, malice, notice (ad. L. avāritia, justitia, malitia, nōtitia), the later police (ad. L. politia=polītīa), and the French formations cowardice, jaundice. The masc. and neut. are represented by novice, precipice, service (= L. novitius, precipitium, servitium).L. -itia would normally have given OF.-eise, -oise, through common Romanic -ẹtja, -ezja, but in the literary language this was represented by -ece, -esce (as in parece, pares-ce:—L. pigritia; haut-ece, haut-esce:—L. altitia), subsequently assimilated to -esse from L. -issa (cf.mod.F. noblesse, paresse, hautesse).2. The ending -ice has various other origins, partly through assimilation to the preceding; as in the words (ac)complice, (ap)prentice, bodice, caprice, coppice, crevice, lattice, poultice, practice.▪ II.-ice, -icè, suffix2|ɪsiː|in med.L. forming adverbs from adjs., as Anglice, Gallice, ironice, Scotticè, Scoticè, and hence used occas. to form jocular nonce adverbs on English stems, as golficè.1743Pope Dunciad 1 (footnote to l. 23), Ironicè, alluding to Gulliver's representations of both.1886Golficè [see divot n. 2].
-ice
[Noun] act:
malice
1. suffix1 | 2. suffix2 1 -ice/ɪs/suffix1.Forming (esp. abstract) nouns and repr. Old French -ice (mod. -ise), of non-popular origin, from Latin -itia, -itius, -itium; e.g. avarice, novice, police, precipice, service. 2 -ice/ɪsi/suffix2. Also -icè.In medieval Latin forming adverbs from adjectives, adopted esp. when from names of peoples or languages, as anglice, gallice, and in English occas. forming jocular nonce words.
-ice \ə̇s\noun suffix (-s) Etymology: Middle English -ice, -ise, from Old French, from Latin -itius (masculine), -itia (feminine), -itium (neuter), suffixes forming adjectives and nouns; akin to Greek -sios, Sanskrit -tya : act < service > : quality < justice > : condition < cowardice >
-ice
Suffix
forms abstract nouns
Derived terms
pederastice
后缀：-ice [名词后缀]
1、构成抽象名词，表示行为、情况、性质
service 服务
justice 正义
cowardice 胆怯
malice 恶意
practice 实践
armistice 休战，停战
avarice 贪婪
caprice 反复无常
2、表示人
novice 初学者，新手
apprentice 学徒
词根词缀：-ice
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of