A suffix meaning the practice, profession, or result of an action, as in 'strategy' or 'storage' (used in word formation).
From Greek -ia and Latin -ia through Old French -ie, used to form abstract nouns. The suffix traveled through multiple languages before becoming standard in English.
Suffixes like -agy show how English borrowed from Greek and Latin not just individual words, but productive word-building tools. These suffixes are like LEGO bricks that let us make entirely new words!
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