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Where does “-logia” come from?

-logia (Italian) comes from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

-logia (Italian): -logy

Definitions

  1. -logy

Ancestry of “-logia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-logia-logy; the study of
2Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “-logia”

  • assiriologico
  • anfibologia
  • gastroenterologia
  • enterologia
  • geobiologia
  • microtecnologico
  • allobiologico
  • trilogia
  • citologico
  • nanotossicologia
  • etnobiologia
  • etnomicologia
  • agrobiologia
  • numerologia
  • agrobiotecnologia
  • vulcanologia
  • cronologia
  • auxologia
  • audiologia
  • mineralogia
  • gerontologia
  • ginecologicamente
  • simbologia
  • runologia
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