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-ty

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-ty¹

  • /ti/

Where it comes from

From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.

suffix

  1. morpheme A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.

-ty²

  • /ti/

Where it comes from

From Middle English -te, from Old French -te, from Latin -tās, -tātem.

suffix -ties

  1. alternative, countable, morpheme, uncountable Alternative form of -ity, used to form abstract nouns from adjectives. subtle + -ty → subtlety

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suffix multiples of ten

한국어...십
日本語...十 ...jū
中文...十 ...shí
Deutsch-zig
Italiano-anta
Русский-дцать -dcatʹ, -деся́т -desját
Tiếng Việtmươi
العربيةـُونَ -ūna, ـِينَ -īna
עברית־ִים -ím

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"-ty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ty

Chicago

"-ty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ty.

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@misc{ty_2026,
  title = {-ty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}