-agogue Definition
əgäg, əgôg
suffix
A substance that stimulates the flow of.
Emmenagogue.
American Heritage
(medicine) Something that stimulates a flow.
Wiktionary
Someone who leads.
Wiktionary
affix
A substance that induces the secretion of.
Galactagogue.
Webster's New World
Origin of -agogue
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French from Late Latin -agōgus from Greek -agōgos from agōgos drawing off from agein to lead, drive ag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἀγωγός (agōgos, “leading”), from ἄγω (agō, “I lead”).
From Wiktionary
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