-urgy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Technique or process for working with:
表“技术”或“制作工艺”：
zymurgy.
发酵学
语源
- New Latin -urgia
现代拉丁语 -urgia - from Greek -ourgia
源自 希腊语 -ourgia - from -ourgos [working]
源自 -ourgos [制作] - from ergon [work] * see werg-
源自 ergon [之作，制作] *参见 werg-
-urgy
combining form in countable noun
indicating technology concerned with a specified material
⇒
metallurgy
Origin
from Greek -urgia, from ergon work-urgy
Word Origin
1
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “work” (dramaturgy): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy).
Origin
< Greek -ourgia, akin to érgon to work
Related Words
- chemurgy
- dramaturgy
- hierurgy
- metallurgy
- thaumaturgic
- thaumaturgy
-urgya word element meaning 'a technology', as in metallurgy.
[Greek -ourgia, from ergon work]-urgy
noun combining form
metallurgy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -urgia, from Greek -ourgia, from -ourgos working, from -o- + ergon work — more at work
: technique or art of dealing or working with (such) a product, matter, or toolmetallurgy
-ur·gy
\_ə(r)jē, ˌərj-, ˌə̄j-, ˌəij-, -ji sometimes ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin -urgia, from Greek -ourgein to work (from ergon work) + Latin -ia -y — more at work
: technique or art of dealing or working with (such) a product, matter, or tool
< chemurgy >
< micrurgy >
< chemurgy >
< micrurgy >
-urgy
Suffix
- technique for working with (the suffix)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -urgy