-ancy
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Condition or quality:
状态,性质:
buoyancy.
浮力
语源
- Latin -antia
拉丁语 -antia - -entia * see -ance
-entia *参见 -ance
-ancy
suffix forming nouns
a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality
⇒
expectancy
⇒
poignancy
⇒
malignancy
-ance or -ancy
suffix forming nouns
indicating an action, state or condition, or quality
⇒
hindrance
⇒
tenancy
⇒
Compare -ence
resemblance
Compare -ence
Origin
via Old French from Latin -antia; see -ancy-ancy
Word Origin
1
a combination of -ance and -y3, used to form nouns denoting state or quality:
brilliancy.
Origin
< Latin -antia, equivalent to -ant- -ant (-ā- thematic vowel + -nt- present participle suffix) + -ia -y3
Related Words
- vigilance
- -ance
- acceptancy
- adjutancy
- ascendancy
- brilliancy
-ancyan equivalent of -ance, used chiefly in nouns denoting state or quality, as in buoyancy.
[Latin -antia]-ancy
noun suffix
piquancy
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY Latin -antia — more at -ance
: quality or statepiquancy
-ancy
suffix
- (forming nouns) denoting a quality or state[构成名词]表示“性质”, “状况”:
-
buoyancy
expectancy.
比较
-ANCE .
词源
from Latin -antia (see also -ENCY ).
-ancy
word-forming element denoting quality or state, from Latin -antia, forming abstract nouns on past participle adjectives in -antem, appearing in English mostly in words borrowed directly from Latin (those passing through French usually have -ance or -ence; see -ance).
☞ -ancy, -ency
ORIGIN: from or after Latin -antia -ance . Cf. -ency .
-ancy
suffix. a form of -ance, expressing more distinctly the sense of quality or state, as in ascendancy, buoyancy.
-an·cy
\ənsē, -si\ noun suffix
(-es)
Etymology: Latin -antia — more at -ance
1. : quality or state
< buoyancy >
< pliancy >
2. : instance of a quality or state
< expectancy >
1.
< buoyancy >
< pliancy >
2.
< expectancy >
-ancy
Suffix
- a condition or quality
Etymology
From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ancy
See also
后缀:-ancy [名词后缀]
构成抽象名词,表示状态、情况、性质、行为、与-ance同。许多词具有-ance与-ancy两种后缀形式
expectancy 期待,期望
occupancy 占有,占用
luxuriancy 奢华,华丽
conservancy 保护,管理
buoyancy 浮力
brilliancy 光辉
compliancy 依从,服从
constancy 经久不变
militancy 交战,战事
elegancy 优美,高雅
词根词缀:-ancy
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; quality, state of; process, degree, action of
【同源单词】abundancy, brilliancy, buoyancy, constancy, continuancy, expectancy