-ancy

a combination of -ance and -y ³, used to form nouns denoting state or quality:
brilliancy.

-ancy

suffix forming nouns

a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality
expectancy
malignancy
poignancy

Origin of -ancy¹

< Latin -antia, equivalent to -ant- -ant ( -ā- thematic vowel + -nt- present participle suffix) + -ia -y ³

Plī′ancy, Plī′antness, the state of being pliant: readiness to be influenced.

Burgundy was much more interesting, with its fine churches and its noble inhabited chteaux of Ancy le Franc and Tanlay.

For this reason the chateau of Ancy-le-Franc, if for no other, is indeed remarkable.

Expect′ance, Expect′ancy, act or state of expecting: that which is expected: hope.

Some stranger that blew in here with a license and the preacher and said you was her fee-ancy.

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