英语词汇-acy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	-acy
词源	-acy word-forming element making nouns of quality, state, or condition, a confusion in English of three similar suffixes from Latin: 1. in primacy, etc., from Old French -acie and directly from Medieval Latin -acia, Late Latin -atia, making nouns of quality, state, or condition from nouns in -as. 2. in advocacy, etc., from Late Latin -atia, forming nouns of state from nouns in -atus. 3. in fallacy, etc., from Latin -acia, forming nouns of quality from adjectives in -ax (genitive -acis). Also forming part of -cracy. It has been extended in English to nouns not found in Latin (accuracy) and to non-Latin words (piracy). Entries linking to -acy primacy n. late 14c., primacie, "preeminent position, supremacy, condition of being first in order, power, or importance," from Old French primacie (14c.; Modern French primatie) and directly from Medieval Latin primatia "office of a church primate" (12c.), from Late Latin primas (genitive primatis) "principal, chief, of the first rank," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). -cracy word-forming element forming nouns meaning "rule or government by," from French -cratie or directly from Medieval Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia "power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE kre-tes- "power, strength," suffixed form of root kar- "hard." The connective -o- has come to be viewed as part of it. Productive in English from c. 1800. primacy (n.)-cracyaccuracy (n.)piracy (n.)effeminacy (n.)illegitimacy (n.)indeterminacy (n.)intestacy (n.)magistracy (n.)supremacy (n.) updated on September 14, 2022
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