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-by

-by suffix: habitation.

Suffix

-by (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. Habitation.

Origin of -by

Ultimately from Old Norse býr (“settlement”).

Questions about -by

What does -by mean?
-by means habitation.
What part of speech is -by?
-by is a suffix.

Words near -by in the dictionary

  1. -burgers
  2. -burgh
  3. -bury
  4. -buterol
  5. -buvir
  6. -by
  7. -c-
  8. -cade
  9. -cain-
  10. -caine
  11. -calci-

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