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Where does “-logue” come from?

-logue (English) comes from French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-logue (English): Used to denote discourse of a specified kind;...

Definitions

  1. Used to denote discourse of a specified kind;...

Ancestry of “-logue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-logue-logist
2Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-logue”

  • duologue
  • oenologue
  • drunkalogue
  • azalogue
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