-gony

1. a combining form meaning “production,” “genesis,” “origination,” used in the formation of compound words:

   theogony; cosmogony.

-gony

combining form

1. genesis, origin, or production

   cosmogony

Word History and Origins

Origin of -gony¹

< Latin -gonia < Greek -goneia, equivalent to gón ( os ) ( gon- ) + -eia -y ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of -gony¹

from Latin -gonia, from Greek, -goneia, from gonos seed, procreation

Example Sentences

Now the Leaflanders were quite too well-bred ever to have used or heard so barbarous a word as “gony.”

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