| -logy or -ology suff. 1. Discourse; expression: phraseology. 2. Science; theory; study: dermatology; sexology. [Middle English -logie, from Old French, from Latin -logia, from Greek -logi  (from logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots) and from -logos, one who deals with (from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots).] |
-logy
n combining form
1. indicating the science or study of: musicology
2. indicating writing or discourse: trilogy, phraseology [Greek logos word]
-logical
-logic adj combining form
-logist n combining form
-logic adj combining form
-logist n combining form
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