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-logy

TRANSLITERATION -logyPRONUNCIATION /-lədʒi/

bound element forming nouns of expression, discourse, doctrine, theory, science, or study

DATE
Modern English
SENSE
discourse study combining form
FAMILY
Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:1:-logy:attested:sense:discourse-study-combining-form

The initial hyphen is evidence-bearing: Merriam-Webster classifies this as a noun combining form, not an independently inherited word.

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Middle English · Middle English · bound form in learned words

-logie

bound learned element visible in words such as etimologie

SOUND
Middle English -logie is continued by modern English -logy with spelling and pronunciation adapted to later English patterns.
MEANING
The learned form remains productive across expression, discourse, doctrine, theory, science, and study senses rather than narrowing to one universal gloss.
CHRONOLOGY
The form is evidenced inside words; the hyphenated dictionary headword is a modern lexicographic representation.
SCHOLAR
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — The sources establish the historical form and semantic range, but do not supply one coinage date for the combining form itself.
-logy — Definition and Word HistorysupportsDefinitions 1–2

Documents the modern expression, doctrine, theory, and science range.

ORIGINAL ↗
American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ologysupports-logy or -ology: Middle English -logie

Publishes the Middle English form behind the current suffix or combining form.

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01-logy-logy · established