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-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

“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 -gony1

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

Origin of -gony1

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