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March 8, 2015 by Mike Bergin

Roots2Words Affix of the Week: -LOGUE

Looking to develop a more masterful vocabulary or just want to understand more of what you read and hear? Learning the common roots, prefixes, and suffixes that so many of our words are based on gives you the tools to recognize familiar words or decode unfamiliar words. That’s what Roots2Words is all about!
 

Your Roots2Words Affix of the Week is -LOGUE:

roots2wordssquare200-LOGUE is a suffix meaning speech.
(Suffixes appear at the end of words)
 
**EXAMPLES**

dialogue (noun) – conversation or discourse between two or more persons (also dialog)
BREAKDOWN: DIA- (across, through) + -LOGUE (speech)

epilogue (noun) – a short speech spoken directly to the audience at the conclusion of a play; a short concluding section at the end of a text
BREAKDOWN: EPI- (in addition) + -LOGUE (speech)

ideologue (noun) – someone advocating or driven by a particular ideology
BREAKDOWN: IDEA- (the result of mental processes) + -LOGUE (speech)

monologue (noun) – a long speech by one person
BREAKDOWN: MONO- (single) + -LOGUE (speech)

prologue (noun) – an introductory speech or text, typically used in a work of fiction; an event or action that leads to another event
BREAKDOWN: PRO- (before) + -LOGUE (speech)

travelogue (noun) – a description of a journey or trip, usually delivered by the traveler
BREAKDOWN: TRAVEL- (journey) + -LOGUE (speech)
 
**ROOT RELATIONSHIPS**

The suffix –LOGUE is connected to LOG-, LOC-, and LOQU-, which mean to talk or speak. The roots are related to LEX-, which means word or speech, and to LEG– and LECT-, which mean to read or to collect. Words like analogue and catalogue are derived from these other roots.

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