-mony
result, condition, or thing
Latin · -monia, -monium
Latin -monia or -monium forms nouns for a state or a thing that results. Matrimony is the state of marriage, acrimony is bitterness, parsimony is extreme thrift, testimony is a statement made as a witness.
Memory trick
MONY sounds like "money": thrift, wealth and marriage all need money!
Words from this root
- acrimony (acri + mony) — bitterness in speechकड़वाहट
- alimony (ali + mony) — money for a former spouseगुज़ारा भत्ता
- matrimony (matri + mony) — state of marriageविवाह
- parsimony (parsi + mony) — extreme thriftकंजूसी
- patrimony (patri + mony) — property inherited from a fatherपुश्तैनी संपत्ति
- sanctimony (sancti + mony) — false show of holinessपाखंडी धर्मपरायणता
- testimony (testi + mony) — a statement as witnessगवाही
- ceremony (cere + mony) — formal eventसमारोह