-urgy Definition

ərjē
suffix
Technique or process for working with.
Zymurgy.
American Heritage
affix
The science, technique, or process of working with or by means of (something specified)
Zymurgy, chemurgy.
Webster's New World

Origin of -urgy

  • New Latin -ūrgia from Greek -ourgiā from -ourgos working from ergon work werg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Gr -ourgia < -ourgos, worker < ergon, work

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

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