-logue

//ˌlɒɡ// suffix

suffix ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Speech, or a way of speaking, a narrative, logical discourse. countable, morpheme, not-comparable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A correspondent (homologue or analogue). morpheme, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Synonym of -logist. archaic, dated, historical, morpheme, obsolete, rare
  4. 4
    Synonym of -logy. morpheme, rare

Synonyms

All synonyms
logylogist

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from dialogue. Doublet of -alogue.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from analogue or homologue.

Etymology 3

From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos).

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