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Where does “-logue” come from?

-logue (French) comes 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 (French): -logist

Definitions

  1. -logist

Ancestry of “-logue”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-logue”

  • ideologue
  • duologue
  • astrologue
  • oenologue
  • drunkalogue
  • -logue
  • azalogue
  • -log
  • hépatologue
  • archéologue
  • urologue
  • idéologue
  • phrénologue
  • musicologue
  • andrologue
  • xylologue
  • ovniologue
  • dermatologue
  • dermato
  • technologue
  • œnologue
  • cardiologue
  • graphologue
  • hématologue
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