-logy
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-logy repr. F.
-logie, medL.
-logia, Gr.
-logíā, which is partly f.
lógos discourse, speech, partly f.
log-, var. of
leg-,
légein speak; hence derivs. in
-logia mean either
1.. saying or speaking in such-and-such a way, as
eulogy,
tautology, or
2.. the science or study with which a person (designated by
-logos -LOGIST,
-LOGER, etc.) is concerned, or that deals with a certain subject. Of the latter class, the first el. is a sb. and in combination ends in
o, so that the regular form of such words is in
-ology; an exception is
MINERALOGY. Mod. formations in
logy imply correl. formations in
-logical, formerly also, now rarely,
-logic (F.
-logique, L.
-logicus, Gr.
-logikós), and
-logist (see prec.).
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