-logy is a suffix in the English language, used with words originally adapted from Ancient Greek ending in -λογία (-logía). -logy versus -ology · Additional usage as a suffix

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 ...

13 дек. 2023 г. · A Greek mathematical term given a wider sense by Plato. The meaning "partial agreement, likeness or proportion between things" is from 1540s. In ...

Adjective. perhaps from Dutch log heavy; akin to Middle Low German luggich lazy. Noun combining form. French -logie, from Latin -logia, from Greek, ...

The word part "-logy" is a suffix that means "study, science, theory".

28 сент. 2017 г. · Originally added to nouns in Old English; it was used from 13c. with verbs, and by 15c. with other adjectives (for example crispy).

5 дней назад · Word History and Origins Origin of logy1. C19: perhaps from Dutch log heavy. Origin of logy2. from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; ...

Ology has existed since the early nineteenth century as an informal term for any subject of study or branch of knowledge. A second, less common, sense is ...

-logy, suffix. -logy comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "word.'' It is attached to roots to form nouns with the meanings: "field of study ...

The earliest known use of the adjective logy is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for logy is from 1859, in a dictionary by John R.