Words that come from Middle English “-y”
400 words across 1 languages descend from Middle English -y — including simply, easy, easily, easier, worthy, angry, healthy, ease.
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English (400)
- simply
- easy
- easily
- easier
- worthy
- angry
- healthy
- ease
- sympathy
- crazy
- funny
- sympathetic
- Jimmy
- gear
- respiratory
- statutory
- Johnny
- gloomy
- Tommy
- rocky
- sunny
- fatty
- Bobby
- lengthy
- noisy
- fuzzy
- risky
- angrily
- muddy
- noteworthy
- icy
- rosy
- shiny
- wary
- sleepy
- shadowy
- trustworthy
- advisory
- faulty
- unhealthy
- scanty
- participatory
- sticky
- sexy
- daddy
- shabby
- discriminatory
- shady
- Lizzie
- Patty
- grassy
- silvery
- scary
- curly
- Marty
- airy
- dummy
- Joey
- glossy
- hairy
- buddy
- chilly
- Kenny
- misty
- dusky
- tricky
- skinny
- inhibitory
- dreamy
- Sammy
- exploratory
- Benny
- Buddy
- Freddie
- shaky
- leafy
- messy
- Sony
- shaggy
- drowsy
- spectrometry
- Debbie
- creamy
- pussy
- woody
- glassy
- whimsical
- Bernie
- neuropathy
- Billie
- frosty
- Johnnie
- husky
- juicy
- bushy
- gaudy
- wavy
- Reggie
- spicy
- flowery
- sympathetically
- Ricky
- tasty
- stealthily
- gloomily
- sultry
- Angie
- Freddy
- Tilly
- Janie
- prickly
- praiseworthy
- soldiery
- showy
- trustworthiness
- wiry
- warily
- musty
- fluffy
- hoary
- noisily
- foggy
- conservatory
- grizzly
- stationery
- grimy
- Stevie
- swarthy
- poppy
- sloppy
- stealthy
- Gracie
- balmy
- sulky
- lusty
- drowsiness
- luscious
- Barbie
- cardiomyopathy
- encephalopathy
- gritty
- floppy
- Dicky
- pearly
- unsympathetic
- hefty
- swampy
- dreamily
- feathery
- saucy
- furry
- creepy
- baggy
- puffy
- spongy
- breezy
- jerky
- worthily
- Timmy
- downy
- velvety
- fussy
- sleepiness
- Jeanie
- Bundy
- worthiness
- Dickie
- tipsy
- telephony
- mommy
- Jeannie
- stocky
- untrustworthy
- trendy
- sweetie
- unwary
- Scotty
- steely
- smelly
- roomy
- celebratory
- declaratory
- patchy
- retaliatory
- lanky
- gravelly
- Letty
- flashy
- craggy
- sketchy
- retinopathy
- lustily
- parasympathetic
- flabby
- Worthy
- emancipatory
- blurry
- soggy
- granny
- edgy
- brawny
- inky
- bumpy
- lumpy
- touchy
- gory
- gar
- leathery
- wobbly
- nephropathy
- scantily
- sleepily
- quirky
- cocky
- mammy
- telepathy
- cranky
- huskily
- knotty
- Goldie
- pithy
- auntie
- plucky
- clayey
- powdery
- pasty
- Howie
- bunny
- fleecy
- presbytery
- sinewy
- weedy
- sooty
- grumpy
- racy
- steamy
- vibratory
- mouldy
- frothy
- filmy
- Artie
- sugary
- stubby
- cany
- congratulatory
- wariness
- sulkily
- soapy
- classy
- kitty
- Misty
- Janey
- squeaky
- gouty
- rascally
- chalky
- sneaky
- itchy
- easygoing
- lymphadenopathy
- funky
- newsworthy
- laddie
- spooky
- headgear
- springy
- psychopathy
- millinery
- Jacky
- grubby
- chatty
- choppy
- spiny
- catchy
- Aggie
- stringy
- spiky
- airily
- myopathy
- lacy
- starchy
- panicky
- cytometry
- goofy
- excretory
- massy
- beggary
- bubbly
- dearie
- shifty
- potty
- pointy
- telepathic
- chunky
- scruffy
- throaty
- meaty
- cheeky
- snappy
- rubbery
- groggy
- stoichiometry
- pesky
- fidgety
- boggy
- tacky
- scrubby
- bawdy
- flighty
- nutty
- scratchy
- raspy
- bossy
- goody
- beady
- colliery
- prohibitory
- fruity
- wispy
- pushy
- mushy
- ashy
- spotty
- augury
- drowsily
- Chuckie
- stimulatory
- jumpy
- dolly
- Mikey
- flinty
- crispy
- pricey
- silty
- Caddy
- pudgy
- gusty
- Ruthie
- junkie
- whimsically
- skimpy
- loamy
- Queenie
- moldy
- flaky
- pebbly
- telemetry
- craziness
- musky
- runny
- Gordy
- jittery
- Pauly
- flabbergasted
- nosy
- Geordie
- Dottie
- gauzy
- oximetry
- shakily
- Paulie
- Scottie
- nondiscriminatory
- crunchy
- Vinny
- hallucinatory
- accusatory
- picky
- perky
- exculpatory
- shitty
- talkie
- Essie
- sonny
- trisomy
- kinky
- Debby
- sunshiny
- frisky
- worthiest
- mangy
- doggie
- briny
- stickiness
- spindly
- corny
- homey
- billowy
- mealy
- Ozzie
- lossy
- sassy
- Aussie
- leery
- creditworthiness
- Hughie
- coppery
- gummy
- seaworthy
- teary