-sophy

See also: sophy and Sophy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”).

Suffix

-sophy (combining form)

1. wisdom, knowledge, learning

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -sophy

anthroposophy

Ariosophy

arithmosophy

chirosophy

cosmosophy

deipnosophy

demosophy

geosophy

gymnosophy

historiosophy

hypnosophy

logosophy

misosophy

mysteriosophy

neutrosophy

ontosophy

pansophy

philosophy

phobosophy

physiosophy

sciosophy

theanthroposophy

theosophy

• helicosophy
• hypnosophy
• morosophy
• palaeosophy
• pantosophy
• philosophy
• physiophilosophy
• phytosophy
• pneumatophilosophy
• pseudosophy
• psilosophy
• psychosophy
• pyrosophy
• zoosophy

Translations

Translations

• Polish: -zofia f

References

• “-sophy, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-20.

Anagrams

• hypos, hypso-