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Where does “-gony” come from?

-gony (English) comes from Ancient Greek γονή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

-gony (English): Forms nouns that describe the genesis of a class...

Definitions

  1. Forms nouns that describe the genesis of a class...

Ancestry of “-gony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγονήoffspring; that which engenders, seed; act of...
2Ancient Greek-ή—
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-gony”

  • schizogony
  • telegony
  • sporogony
  • anthropogony
  • merogony
  • schizogonic
  • gametogony
  • heterogony
  • heterogonic
  • geogony
  • physiogony
  • monogony
  • merogonic
  • gamogony
  • amphigony
  • embryogony
  • merogonial
  • telegonous
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →