NODE / 1029attestedAncient Greek

-λογία

TRANSLITERATION -logíā

formation associated with speaking, discourse, or an account of a subject

DATE: Ancient Greek
SENSE: account discourse formation
FAMILY: Indo-European / Hellenic
CANONICAL KEY: node:10:-logia:attested:sense:account-discourse-formation

American Heritage derives Greek -logiā from logos “word, speech” and also notes formations in -logos.

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Ancient Greek · Ancient Greek

λόγος

word, speech, account, reckoning, reason

SOUND: Greek -logiā is formed in the logos family; American Heritage also records -logos formations as a contributing channel.
MEANING: Word, speech, and discourse support account-of-a-subject formations; “science” is a later specialization, not the only Greek value.
SCHOLAR: American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Ancient Greek lexicography
CONFIDENCE: established — The dossier follows the explicitly published -logiā-to-logos route while preserving the related -logos channel in the dispute record.

Logeion: λόγοςcontextλόγος

Documents the broad semantic range of the Greek base.

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American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ologysupportsGreek -logiā from logos “word, speech”; and -logos from legein

Publishes the Greek morphological family and the related -logos channel.

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished

Latin · Latin and learned Latin · learned noun forming element

-logia

learned noun-forming element continuing Greek -logia

SOUND: Latin -logia borrows and transliterates Greek -logiā.
MEANING: A Greek formation in the speaking and account family becomes a reusable learned Latin element.
SCHOLAR: American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

-logy — Definition and Word HistorycontextEtymology: French -logie, Latin -logia, Greek, from logos

Independently publishes the French, Latin, and Greek sequence in compressed form.

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American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ologysupportsLatin -logia, from Greek -logiā

Publishes the Greek-to-Latin route.

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UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 4
REVIEWED EDGES: 4
DEEPEST PATH: 4
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

-logy4 connected nodes

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STEP 01borrowingestablished

Ancient Greek-λογία→Latin · Latin and learned Latin-logialearned noun-forming element continuing Greek -logia

SOUND: Latin -logia borrows and transliterates Greek -logiā.
MEANING: A Greek formation in the speaking and account family becomes a reusable learned Latin element.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 1028 ↗

-logy — Definition and Word History · Etymology: French -logie, Latin -logia, Greek, from logos ↗American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · Latin -logia, from Greek -logiā ↗

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STEP 02borrowingestablished

Latin-logia→Old French · Old French-logielearned noun-forming element transmitted into Middle English

SOUND: Old French -logie continues Latin -logia with Romance phonological and orthographic adaptation.
MEANING: The learned noun-forming function remains associated with accounts and organized subjects.

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American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · Old French, from Latin -logia ↗

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STEP 03borrowingestablished

Old French-logie→Middle English · Middle English-logiebound learned element visible in words such as etimologie

SOUND: Middle English -logie borrows the formally matching Old French learned element.
MEANING: The discourse or learned-account function continues within borrowed formations.

American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 1026 ↗

American Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · Middle English -logie, from Old French ↗

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STEP 04historical 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 ↗

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05-logy-λογία · established