-urgycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -urgie; Latin -urgia.

Etymology: < Middle French, French -urgie and its etymon classical Latin -urgia (in e.g. chīrurgia chirurgy n.) < ancient Greek -ουργία , combining form (in e.g. χειρουργία ) < -ουργος (in e.g. χειρουργος ; < -ο- -o- connective + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ία -ia suffix¹.Found in borrowings of words ultimately of Greek origin from late Middle English onwards, e.g. chirurgy n., liturgy n., theurgy n., panurgy n. Formations within English appear to be found from the end of the 18th or early 19th cent., e.g. demonurgy n., crystallurgy n., medallurgy n.

Forming nouns denoting an action or process (esp. one of making or manufacturing) of a type indicated by the first element, as chemurgy n., crystallurgy n., micrurgy n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	-urgy
释义	-urgycomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -urgie; Latin -urgia. Etymology: < Middle French, French -urgie and its etymon classical Latin -urgia (in e.g. chīrurgia chirurgy n.) < ancient Greek -ουργία , combining form (in e.g. χειρουργία ) < -ουργος (in e.g. χειρουργος ; < -ο- -o- connective + ἔργον work: see erg n.¹) + -ία -ia suffix¹.Found in borrowings of words ultimately of Greek origin from late Middle English onwards, e.g. chirurgy n., liturgy n., theurgy n., panurgy n. Formations within English appear to be found from the end of the 18th or early 19th cent., e.g. demonurgy n., crystallurgy n., medallurgy n. Forming nouns denoting an action or process (esp. one of making or manufacturing) of a type indicated by the first element, as chemurgy n., crystallurgy n., micrurgy n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < comb. form
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