Where does “-cie” come from?

-cie (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin -tia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “-cie”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	-tia	office, rank
2	Latin	-ia	Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
5	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-cie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →