a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -logy:
analogic.
Origin
< Greek-logikós. See logic
Related Word
logo-
-logic
/ˈlɒdʒɪk/
combining form
equivalent to -LOGICAL (as in pharmacologic).
同-LOGICAL（如pharmacologic）。
词源
from Greek -logikos.
-logic, -logical|ˈlɒdʒɪk, ˈlɒdʒɪkəl|endings originally occurring in adaptations (through F. and L.) of Gr.adjs. in -λογικός, derived from adjs. and ns. in -λογος, -λογον, which have derivative nouns of quality or function in -λογία, represented in Eng. by -logy. As the meaning of an adj. in -logic(al) may with substantial correctness be rendered by ‘pertaining to ―logy’, such adjs. are commonly apprehended as derivatives of the related ns. (as if f. ―logy + -ic). In general, the existence of a n. in -logy now implies the potential existence of a correlative adj. in -logical (the exceptions being confined to a few of the older words, such as apology, which have corresponding adjs. of different formation). For the difference in meaning between adjs. in -logic and the (now much more frequent) adjs. in -logical, see -ical, and cf. the note under geologic 1.
-logic/ˈlɒdʒɪk/suffix.
ORIGIN: from or after Greek-logikos, from adjectives & nouns in -logos, -logia-logy: see -ic.
Forming adjectives corresp. esp. to nouns in -logy, with the sense ‘pertaining to or derived from a particular branch of knowledge or experience’; = -logical.