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Where does “-ty” come from?

-ty (English) comes from Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

-ty (English): Nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit...

Definitions

  1. Nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit...

Ancestry of “-ty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-ty—
2Old English-tiġ-ty
3Proto-Germanictigiwiznominative/vocative plural of *teguz
4Proto-Germanic*teguz—

Words derived from “-ty”

  • motility
  • personalty
  • dysmotility
  • hypomotility
  • teenty
  • antimotility
  • electromotility
  • hypermotility
  • promotility
  • eleventy
  • immotility
  • seneschalty
  • officialty
  • nonmotility
  • millionty
  • squiralty
  • twelfty
  • mulierty
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