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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

-y5 suffix repr. AN., OF. -e, -ee (modF. , -ée):- L. -ātu-, -āta (see -ATE1, -ATE2); in sbs. = -ATE1 as in (1) county, pasty, treaty, (2) army, entry, livery; in adjs. = -ATE2, as in easy, puny, tawny.

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