-agogue 或 -agog
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- A substance that stimulates the flow of:
引导者,通者,催者:促进…流动的物质:
emmenagogue.
通经药,调经药
语源
- French
法语 - from Late Latin -agōgus
源自 后期拉丁语 -agōgus - from Greek -agōgos
源自 希腊语 -agōgos - from agōgos [drawing off]
源自 agōgos [放掉] - from agein [to lead, drive] * see ag-
源自 agein [引导,驱使] *参见 ag-
-agogue or (especially US) -agog
combining form in countable noun
indicating a person or thing that leads or incites to action
⇒
pedagogue
⇒
demagogue
denoting a substance that stimulates the secretion of something
⇒
galactagogue
Derived Forms
-agogic combining form in adjective-agogy combining form in countable noun
Origin
via Late Latin from Greek agōgos leading, from agein to lead-agogue
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “leader, bringer,” of that named by the initial element, occurring in loanwords from Greek (demagogue; pedagogue); used also in medical terms that denote substances inducing the expulsion or secretion of that named by the initial element (cholagogue; hemagogue).
Also, -agog.
Origin
< Greek -agōgos, -ē, -on, akin to ágein to lead, cognate with Latin agere to lead, drive, Old Norse aka to carry, convey
Related Words
- -agog
- anagoge
- andragogy
- cholagogue
- demagogue
- emmenagogue
-agoguea word element meaning 'leading' or 'guiding', found in a few agent nouns (often with pejorative value), as in demagogue, pedagogue.
[Greek agōgos leading]-agogue
noun combining form
emmenagogue
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY French & New Latin; French, from Late Latin -agogus promoting the expulsion of, from Greek -agōgos, from agein to lead; New Latin -agogon, from Greek, neuter of -agōgos — more at agent
: substance that promotes the secretion or expulsion ofemmenagogue
-a·gogue
\əˌgäg also -ȯg\ noun combining form
also -a·gog\“\
(-s)
Etymology: French & New Latin; French -agogue, from Late Latin -agogus promoting the expulsion of, from Greek -agōgos, from agōgos leading, drawing forth, from agein to lead; New Latin -agogon, neuter of -agogos promoting the expulsion of, from Greek -agōgos — more at agent
: substance that promotes the secretion or expulsion of
< cholagogue >
< lymphagogue >
also -a·gog
< cholagogue >
< lymphagogue >
-agogue
Suffix
- medicine something that stimulates a flow
- someone who leads
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”), from ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).