-logy
English
/ləd͡ʒi/
suffix
Definitions
- A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.
- Something said, or a way of speaking, a narrative.
Etymology
Derived from French -logie (from der, en, la) derived from Latin -logia (study of) derived from Ancient Greek -λογία (speak, -logy, branch of study, study of, -logie) root from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- -logist English
- deltiological English
- deltiologist English
- deltiology English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lexicography English
- -loginen Finnish
- *exēligere Latin
- -logia Latin
- colligō Latin
- culina Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- nidus Latin
- pulmō Latin
- terminus Latin
- virus Latin
- ēligere Latin
- -lógia Hungarian
- -logia Italian
- codicologia Italian
- -oloog Dutch, Flemish
- -logie French
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- στόμα Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- τέχνη Ancient Greek
- ψυχή Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθρωπος Ancient Greek
- ἔντερον Ancient Greek
- ἔντομον Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- -logi Norwegian Bokmål
- -logia Portuguese
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- -logi Norwegian Nynorsk
- -logija Serbo-Croatian
- -логија Serbo-Croatian
- -logia Catalan, Valencian
- -loxía Galician
- antropologi Indonesian
- ekologi Indonesian
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- ־לוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- ביולוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- -логија Macedonian
- -logia Occitan
- *legō Proto-Italic
- -loxía Asturian
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A