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-urgy

  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 ).


-urgy

combining form

  1. indicating technology concerned with a specified material

    metallurgy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -urgy1

< Greek -ourgia, akin to érgon to work
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -urgy1

from Greek -urgia, from ergon work

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