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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

-machy always with connective -O-. repr. Gr. -makhíā fighting, in sbs. derived from adjs. in -makhos that fights, rel. to mákhē battle; e.g. logomachy (see LOGO-).

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