-logue
English
/lɒɡ/
suffix
Definitions
- Used to denote discourse of a specified kind.
- Used to denote compilement.
- (rare) -logist.
Etymology
Borrowed from French -logue derived from Ancient Greek -λόγος (one who speaks) root from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- -log English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lexicography English
- *exēligere Latin
- -logus Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- ēligere Latin
- codicologia Italian
- -logue French
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- διάβολος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A