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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λόγος (lógos, “explanation”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.ɡí.aː/ → /loˈʝi.a/ → /loˈʝi.a/
Suffix
-λογῐ́ᾱ • (-logíā) f (genitive -λογῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Base for nouns denoting the study of something, or the branch of knowledge of a discipline.
Declension
Derived terms
- ἀστρολογία f (astrología, “astronomy; astrology”)
- γενεαλογία f (genealogía, “genealogy”)
- ἐτυμολογία f (etumología, “etymology”)
- θεολογία f (theología, “theology”)
- ἰᾱτρολογία f (iātrología)
- κοσμολογία f (kosmología, “cosmology”)
- μετεωρολογία f (meteōrología, “meteorology”)
- μῡθολογία f (mūthología, “romance, fiction, legend; story-telling”)
- ὀνειρολογία f (oneirología)
- ὀστεολογία f (osteología)
- τεχνολογία f (tekhnología, “technology”)
- χρονολογία f (khronología)
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: -logi
See also
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “speak, pick, tell”) (thus, “the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject)”; see lecture).
Suffix
-λογία • (-logía) f
- Suffix denoting the study of something, or the branch of knowledge of a discipline.
Derived terms