-monycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. matrimony n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -mōnia, -mōnium.

Etymology: < classical Latin -mōnia (feminine), -mōnium (neuter) < -mōn- (related by ablaut to the suffix -men : see -ment suffix) + -ia , -ium -y suffix³, -y suffix⁴. Compare French -monie.Occurring only in nouns adopted < Latin; in acrimony n., ceremony n., parsimony n., querimony n., sanctimony n., it represents classical Latin -mōnia , and in matrimony n., mercimony n., patrimony n., testimony n., it represents classical Latin -mōnium ; for alimony n. there are two Latin forms alimōnia , alimōnium , the former being pre- and post-classical. Most were borrowed in late Middle English (in some cases through French) or early modern English, the latest (apart from a few words of limited currency) being alimony n. (17th cent.). An isolated formation on an English root is agreemony n.

(Not productive in English.) Occurring in essentially abstract nouns mainly denoting a state, condition, or action.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-mony
释义	-monycomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. matrimony n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -mōnia, -mōnium. Etymology: < classical Latin -mōnia (feminine), -mōnium (neuter) < -mōn- (related by ablaut to the suffix -men : see -ment suffix) + -ia , -ium -y suffix³, -y suffix⁴. Compare French -monie.Occurring only in nouns adopted < Latin; in acrimony n., ceremony n., parsimony n., querimony n., sanctimony n., it represents classical Latin -mōnia , and in matrimony n., mercimony n., patrimony n., testimony n., it represents classical Latin -mōnium ; for alimony n. there are two Latin forms alimōnia , alimōnium , the former being pre- and post-classical. Most were borrowed in late Middle English (in some cases through French) or early modern English, the latest (apart from a few words of limited currency) being alimony n. (17th cent.). An isolated formation on an English root is agreemony n. (Not productive in English.) Occurring in essentially abstract nouns mainly denoting a state, condition, or action. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < comb. form
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