-logy
a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge:
paleontology; theology.
a termination of nouns referring to writing, discourses, collections, etc.:
trilogy; martyrology.
-logy
combining form
indicating the science or study of musicology
indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings trilogy, phraseology, martyrology
derived forms
word origin
-logy
“a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science,” from gk. -logia (often via fr. -logie or m.l. -logia), from root of legein “to speak;” thus, “the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);” see lecture.
-logy suff.
science; theory; study: dermatology.
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