Logy

 Logy

Logy is defined as a particular branch or field. An example of logy used as a suffix is in the word biology, the study of living matter. suffix.

 

Actual definition

dull and heavy in motion or thought "sluggish".

 

The Greek root word log means 'word,' and its variant suffix -logy means 'study (of). ' Some common English words that use this root include biology, mythology, catalog, and prologue.



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