genesis, origin, or production: cosmogony
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
-gony,
- a combining form meaning "production,'' "genesis,'' "origination,'' used in the formation of compound words:theogony; cosmogony.
- Greek -goneia, equivalent. to gón(os) (see gon-) + -eia -y3
- Latin -gonia
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'-gony' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agonic
- bibliogony
- cosmogony
- genu
- glottogony
- gon-
- gonyaulax
- gonycampsis
- goon
- gooneybird
- heterogony
- homogonous
- homogony
- jargon
- knee
- merogony
- pain
- schizogony
- sporogony
- telegony
- theogony