-ie
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Variant spelling of -y.
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The -ie spelling is more common than -y when used to create words for people. Thus hippie is preferred over hippy.
-ie (plural -ies)
-ie f (noun-forming suffix)
From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.
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An alteration of je in popular speech.
-ie n
Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).
-ie f (plural -ies)
-ie
Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
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Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
-īe f
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
-ie
Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.
-ie f (plural -ii)
From Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g.
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