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LogosEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From logos.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗logosEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”).
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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
noun combining formexact historical form
-logy
A bound English word element used in formations involving discourse or expression and in names of doctrines, theories, sciences, and fields of study.
OPEN THE FULL LINEAGE ↗nounexact historical form
logic
The discipline and practice of valid reasoning, inherited through French and Latin from a Greek family of word, account, speech, and reason.
OPEN THE FULL LINEAGE ↗nounexact historical form
prologue
An introductory speech, section, or event; inherited through medieval French and Latin from Greek prologos.
OPEN THE FULL LINEAGE ↗noun · verbhistorical form
dialogue
Conversation, represented speech, or an exchange of ideas; inherited through medieval French and Latin from a Greek speaking-family.
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HISTORICAL FORMS
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Ancient Greek / Indo-European
λόγος
lógosword, speech, account, reckoning, reason
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- Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek / Indo-European
διάλογος
dialogosconversation, dialogue, or discourse
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- Ancient Greek
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- transliteration
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- 1
Ancient Greek / Indo-European
πρόλογος
prologosspeech before; portion of a play before the chorus
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- Ancient Greek
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- transliteration
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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 2
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Are -logy and -logue interchangeable endings?
No. They are relatives in the Greek logos and legein family, but English -logy follows -logie, Latin -logia, and Greek -logiā, while prologue follows Greek prologos through Latin prologus and French prologue. Related ancestry does not erase distinct formations and transmission paths.
resolvedestablishedposition text
Does the -logue in prologue mean a field of study?
No. Greek prologos is pro- “before” plus logos “speech or discourse”: a speech beforehand. English -logy belongs to the same wider family but is not the component analyzed here.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 2
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-logy never simply meant “the study of.”
The bound form’s recorded range includes expression and discourse as well as doctrine, theory, science, and study. Its trail reaches Greek logos—word, speech, account, reckoning, reason—rather than a prehistoric word meaning “science.”
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A prologue is speech before.
Greek prologos combines pro- “before” with logos “speech or discourse.” The modern general introduction grows from that theatrical structure.
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