-logy
Syllables: -lo·gy/-lə.d͡ʒi/
-logy suffix: a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
Suffix
-logy (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -logies)
-logy meaning in Urdu, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese
-logy in Urdu
- branch of learning
- یات -iyāt
-logy in Arabic
- branch of learning
- ـلُوجِيَا -lūjiyā, عِلْم اَلـ ʕilm al--
-logy in Malay
- branch of learning
- kaji
-logy in Vietnamese
- branch of learning
- học
More languagesFewer languages
- -logy in Myanmar
- ဗေဒ beda.
Synonyms of -logy
Forms of -logy
| plural | -logies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | -ology |
Origin of -logy
The English -logy suffix originates with loanwords from the Greek, usually via Latin and French, where the suffix -λογία (-logía) is an integral part of the word loaned. E.g. astrology from astrologia, since the 16th century. The French -logie is a continuation of Latin -logia, ultimately from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). Within Greek, the suffix is an -ία (-ía) abstract from λόγος (lógos, “account, explanation, narrative”), itself a verbal noun from λέγω (légō, “to say, speak, converse, tell a story”). Within English, the suffix becomes productive, especially to form names of sciences or departments of study, analogous to names of disciplines loaned from the Latin, such as astrology from astrologia or geology from geologia. Original compositions of terms with no precedent in Greek or Latin become common beginning in the later 18th century, sometimes imitating French or German templates (e.g. insectology, attested 1766, after French insectologie; terminology, attested 1801, after German Terminologie). In a third stage, from the 19th century, the suffix becomes productive enough to form nonce combinations with English terms with no Greek or Latin origin, such as undergroundology...
Words formed from -logy
- analogy
- apology
- dilogy
- duology
- eulogy
- haplology
- hexalogy
- quadrilogy
- tetralogy
- trilogy
- acarology
- acridology
- actinobiology
- actinology
- addictology
- adenology
- aerobiology
- aerogeology
- aerology
- aeropalynology
- aesthesiophysiology
- aetiology
- agnatology
- agnoiology
- agnotology
- agrobiology
- agrobiotechnology
- agroecology
- agrohydrology
- agrology
- agrostology
- aitiology
- alcohology
- alethiology
- alethology
- algesiology
- algology
- allergology
- amphibiology
- anaesthesiology
- anaplastology
- andrology
- anesthesiology
- angelology
- angiocardiology
- angiology
- angiopathology
- anthropobiology
- anthropology
- anthrozoology
- aphasiology
- apidology
- apiology
- arachnology
- arbovirology
- archaeology
- archaeomalacology
- archaeozoology
- archeology
- archeomalacology
Questions about -logy
- What does -logy mean?
- -logy means a branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
- What is -logy in Urdu?
- -logy in Urdu is یات (-iyāt). See -logy meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is -logy?
- -logy is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -logy?
- -logy is pronounced /-lə.d͡ʒi/.
Words near -logy in the dictionary
Source and license
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