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

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Origin of -gony

<Latin -gonia<Greek -goneia, equivalent to gón(os) (see gon-) + -eia-y3
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-gony

n combining form

genesis, origin, or productioncosmogony

Word Origin for -gony

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