1. Etymology of the English suffix -y

Derivations in English

grumpy, gummy, gummy, iffy, leprosy, rangy, slavey, sonny, wary, whammy, canny, shabby, steady, achy, acidy, actressy, arrowy, arty, baggy, balky, balmy, bardy, barky, batty, bawdy, beachy, beady, beefy, beery, bendy, bilgy, billowy, bitty, bladdery, blistery, bloomy, blotchy, blowy, blubbery, blurry, boggy, boomy, boozy, bosomy, bouncy, bousy, bowery, boxy, brainy, brambly, branny, brashy, brassy, bratty, breathy, breezy, bricky, bristly, broody, brooky, broomy, brushy, bubbly, buffy, bulgy, bulky, bumpy, burpy, busty, butchy, buttony, cabbagy, calmy, campy, carroty, catchy, catty, chaffy, chancy, charry, chatty, cheery, chewy, chilly, chirpy, chirrupy, choky, choppy, chromy, chubby, chuffy, churchy, classy, cliffy, clingy, clubby, clunky, coaly, cocky, contrasty, coppery, corky, cottony, crabby, crackly, cranky, crazy, creaky, creasy, creepy, crimpy, crinkly, croaky, crotchety, croupy, cruddy, crumbly, crumby, crunchy, cuddly, cuppy, curdy, curly, curvy, cushiony, dashy, deathy, dirty, dishy, dodgy, dorky, doty, doughy, downy, dozy, drafty, draggy, dreamy, dressy, drifty, drippy, drooly, droughty, ducky, duddy, dumpy, dusky, edgy, faddy, faggy, fainty, fawny, feathery, ferny, fidgety, figgy, filmy, finicky, firry, fishy, fizzy, flaggy, flamy, flannelly, flashy, flaunty, flavory, fleecy, flighty, flinty, flocky, floppy, flossy, flouncy, floury, fluffy, fluty, forky, freaky, freckly, fretty, frilly, frisky, frizzly, frizzy, froggy, frothy, fruity, fumy, funky, funny, furry, fussy, fuzzy, gamy, gauzy, gawky, germy, gingery, glairy

Usage

Word found in Old English, Modern English

2. Etymology of the English suffix -y

Derivations in English

-ery, baffy, butty, cabby, carny, cheapy, chucky, ciggy, civvy, commy, daddy, darky, deary, doggy, druggy, folky, grammy, hanky, indy, johnny, junky, kiddy, kitty, lefty, loony, mammy, matey, meany, middy, missy, panty, pussy, scotty, shorty, slavey, softy, sonny, staggy, swabby, telly, toady, tweeny, biggy, righty, smarty, baggies, cutty, frenchy, preppy, soddy, teenybopper, baby, bolshy, limey, anachrony, diachrony, chiasmatypy, chiropodist, chiropody, apospory

Usage

Word found in Array English

3. Etymology of the English suffix -y

Derivations in English

antiphony, autocephaly, chandlery, charactery, circuity, colliery, diachrony, discordancy, discovery, dodgery, electrotypy, entreaty, epigraphy, epizooty, expiry, fortuity, glaziery, horoscopy, hosiery, ironmongery, isochrony, isoperimetry, isotopy, jobbery, joinery, matriliny, microscopy, millinery, monandry, mummery, pathognomy, patriliny, peddlery, perigyny, phonotypy, phyllody, phyllotaxy, polychromy, polydactyly, potteries, pottery, pseudoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, stationery, stenotypy, stereotypy, synchrony, telephony, telescopy, turnery, viscounty, apospory, chiasmatypy, heterospory, homospory, monospermy, orthopraxy, parastichy, pentapody, pharmacognosy, sclerophylly, castellany, ewery, ploidy, polyspermy, buggery, butlery, commandery, coopery, inconveniency, aggie, aussie, cabby, swabby

Usage

Word found in Array English