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-gony

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

Origin:
< L -gonia < Gk -goneia, equiv. to gón(os) (see gon- ) + -eia -y 3
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suff.  Generation; reproduction; manner of origin: heterogony.

[Latin -gonia, from Greek -goneia, from gonos, offspring; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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