C17 (in the sense: ill report): from Greek kakologia
cacology in American English
(kæˈkɑlədʒi, kə-)
noun
defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction
Word origin
[1615–25; caco- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1615–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: berth, discount, evolution, palette, scintillation-logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: chronology, ethnology, genealogy, geology, methodology