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Yuan
Hi, please could you break down the suffix of “logue” if it is a suffix, because I looked it up and found nothing then. 
23 feb. 2025 12:20
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Yes, "-logue" is a suffix, though it comes from the Greek "-logos" (meaning "speech" or "discourse"). It appears in words like:
* Dialogue (conversation between two or more people)
* Monologue (a long speech by one person)
* Catalogue (a list with descriptions)
In American English, some words drop the "-ue" (e.g., "catalog" instead of "catalogue").
25 februari 2025
It's described as a 'noun combining form' in Oxford and Merriam-Webster.
This is from Merriam-Webster.
-logue
noun combining form
variants or -log
1
: discourse : talk
duologue
2
: student : specialist
sinologue
Etymology
French -logue, from Latin -logus, from Greek -logos, from legein to speak
23 februari 2025
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