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• TY
  TY

  abbreviation

  thank you.
• -ty
  -ty

  a suffix of numerals denoting multiples of ten.
• Ty.
  Ty.

  abbreviation

  Territory.

TY

¹ American  

Or ty

abbreviation

1. thank you.

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-ty ² American  

1. a suffix of numerals denoting multiples of ten.

   twenty; thirty.

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-ty ³ American  

1. a suffix occurring in nouns of Latin origin, denoting quality, state, etc..

   unity; enmity.

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Ty. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Territory.

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-ty ¹ British  

suffix

1. denoting a multiple of ten

   sixty

   seventy

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-ty ² British  

suffix

1. indicating state, condition, or quality

   cruelty

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Etymology

Origin of TY¹

From its use in digital communications

Origin of -ty²

Middle English; Old English -tig; cognate with Old Frisian -tich, German -zig, Old Norse -tigr, Gothic -tigjus

Origin of -ty³

Middle English -te ( e ) < Old French -te ( t ) < Latin -tātem, accusative of -tās

Example Sentences

In Mœso-Gothic we find the -ty in the fuller form tig = δέκ-ας in Greek.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The word penetrability is not derived from the English word penetrable, by the addition of -ty.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)