The story
This misspelling likely derives from the fact that many English words ending in /i/ represent it with "y", e.g. anatomy, bigamy, infinity, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
This misspelling likely derives from the fact that many English words ending in /i/ represent it with "y", e.g. anatomy, bigamy, infinity, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.