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-ancy

a combination of -ance and -y, used to form nouns denoting state or quality: brilliancy.

Origin:
< L -antia, equiv. to -ant- -ant (-ā- thematic vowel + -nt- prp. suffix) + -ia -y 3
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-ancy  
suff.  Condition or quality: buoyancy.

[Latin -antia and -entia; see -ance.]
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