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-logie

TRANSLITERATION -logie

bound learned element visible in words such as etimologie

DATE
Middle English
SENSE
bound form in learned words
FAMILY
Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:2:-logie:attested:sense:bound-form-in-learned-words

The Middle English Dictionary supplies host-word quotations; it does not present -logie as an autonomous token.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERborrowingestablished
Old French · Old French · learned noun forming element

-logie

learned noun-forming element transmitted into Middle English

SOUND
Middle English -logie borrows the formally matching Old French learned element.
MEANING
The discourse or learned-account function continues within borrowed formations.
CHRONOLOGY
American Heritage publishes the route but not one exact transfer event.
SCHOLAR
American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ologysupportsMiddle English -logie, from Old French

Publishes the French-to-Middle-English route.

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANThistorical continuationestablished
Present-Day English · Modern English · discourse study combining form

-logy

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

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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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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-logy1 connected node
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01historical continuationestablished
Middle English-logie→Present-Day English · Modern English-logybound element forming nouns of expression, discourse, doctrine, theory, science, or study
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.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 1025 ↗
-logy — Definition and Word History · Definitions 1–2 ↗American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · -logy or -ology: Middle English -logie ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexical corpus recordestablished

John Trevisa’s translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus as indexed by the Middle English Dictionary

What is þe menynge of þe ethimolegia

-logy dossier · recorded as -logie
Middle English Dictionary · University of Michigan · British Library Add MS 27944WITNESS RECORD ↗Middle English Dictionary: etimologie n. ↗
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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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02-logy-logie · established