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-urgy

 
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “work” (dramaturgy): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy).
Origin:
< Gk -ourgia, akin to érgon to work
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-urgy  
suff.   Technique or process for working with: zymurgy.


[New Latin -ūrgia, from Greek -ourgiā, from -ourgos, working, from ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

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