Logy definition
An example of logy is a family after eating a big Thanksgiving dinner.
An example of logy is the disoriented feeling after a long sleep.
An example of logy used as a suffix is in the word biology, the study of living matter.
Dermatology; sexology.
Biology, theology.
Phraseology.
Eulogy.
Alternative Forms
Origin of logy
- ME -logie < OFr < L -logia < Gr < logos, word: see logic
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Perhaps from Dutch log heavy or variant of English loggy heavy, sluggish from log
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Attested from the 19th century, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch log "heavy, dull".
From Wiktionary
- Nominalization of the -logy suffix.
From Wiktionary