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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ty,2 suffix. - -ty is attached to adjectives to form nouns that name or refer to a state or condition:able + -ty → ability;certain + -ty → certainty;chaste + -ty → chastity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ty1 , - a suffix of numerals denoting multiples of ten:twenty; thirty.
- Middle English; Old English -tig; cognate with Old Frisian -tich, German -zig, Old Norse -tigr, Gothic -tigjus
-ty2 , - a suffix occurring in nouns of Latin origin, denoting quality, state, etc.:unity; enmity.
- Latin -tātem, accusative of -tās
- Old French -te(t)
- Middle English -te(e)
Ty., - Territory.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ty suffix - denoting a multiple of ten: sixty, seventy
Etymology: from Old English -tig ten -ty suffix forming nouns - indicating state, condition, or quality: cruelty
Etymology: from Old French -te, -tet, from Latin -tās, -tāt-; related to Greek -tēs |