Etymology

-machy

Today it means: Forming nouns with the sense of ‘battle, fight’. Full definition →

Ancient Greek -μαχία
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing from-μαχία
  2. English today-machy

Representing Ancient Greek -μαχία (-makhía), from μάχη (mákhē, “battle, fight; dispute”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.