The study of something. Biology= Bio (life) + ology (study of).
If "logy" is to the study of something, then a similar suffix for "toward" would be "-ward." For example, the word "forward" means a direction or movement towards something.
Its - in modern Greek- διάβασμα (diavasma). You can find it in ancient Greek root word as -ology or -logy meaning ''the study of''. [original form λόγος (logos) : speech).
This is not a prefix, but a suffix. Biology, geology, zoology, are just some of the words with ology. This means the "study of" in latin.
The root words "log-" and "-logy" are related to the meaning of "word" or "study". For example, "log-" is derived from the Greek word "logos," which means word, while "-logy" comes from the Greek word "logia," which translates to study or science.
The suffix that means "study of" is -logy. Therefore, combining it with the combining form gastro would give us gastrology, which refers to the study of the stomach.
Some nouns with the suffix -logy are:analogyanesthesiologyanthropologyapologyarchaeologyastrologyaudiologybiologycardiologychronologyclimatologycosmetologycriminologycryptologycytologydermatologyecologyendocrinologyentomologyeulogygemologygenealogygynecologyhematologyhydrologyichthyologyimmunologymeteorologymethodologymicrobiologymineralogymythologynanotechnologyneonatologynumerologyontologyophthalmologyornithologypaleontologyparasitologypathologypharmacologypsychologyradiologyrheumatologyseismologyserologysociologytechnologyterminologytheologytoxicologytrilogyvulcanologyzoology
logy
It's a suffix.
geology
I think it could be a root word.
There are no words that start with "logy", except for the word "logy".However, many words start with the suffix "-logy" or "the study of", including biology, glaciology, geology, paleontology, pathology, and entomology.
In the word "astrology," the suffix "-logy" means "study of." So, astrology refers to the study of the positions and movements of celestial bodies, such as planets and stars, and their purported influence on human affairs and natural events.
graphy
opthalmos- relating to the eyes, logy-study of
zoology, psychology, parasitology, pedagogy, topology. These are words using logy as a suffix. Logic, Logistics, are maybe what you're looking for.
If "logy" is to the study of something, then a similar suffix for "toward" would be "-ward." For example, the word "forward" means a direction or movement towards something.
Ethnology The suffix '-logy' means 'science of' or 'study of' so a word that means 'love of people' would be something like 'Anthrophilia'