Logy Definition

Origin of Logy

• Middle English -logie from Old French from Latin -logia from Greek -logiā (from logos word, speech leg- in Indo-European roots) and from -logos one who deals with (from legein to speak leg- in Indo-European roots)

  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

• ME -logie < OFr < L -logia < Gr < logos, word: see logic

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

• Nominalization of the -logy suffix.

  From Wiktionary