Where does “-log” come from?

-log (Norwegian Bokmål) 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...

-log (Norwegian Bokmål): logist, -log a person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy (Norwegian Bokmål: [[#Norwegian Bokmål

Definitions

  1. logist, -log a person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy (Norwegian Bokmål: [[#Norwegian Bokmål

Ancestry of “-log”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-log”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek -λόγος →
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