-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist

(Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects)

The word -ology is a back-formation from the names of certain disciplines. The -logy element basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), "to speak".

The suffix -ology is considered to be misleading sometimes as when the "o" is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending; such as, bio + logy.

Through the years -ology and -logy have come to mean, "study of" or "science of" and either of these suffixes often utilize the form of -ologist, "one who (whatever the preceding element refers to)".

The examples shown in this unit represent just a small fraction of the many words that exist in various dictionaries.

glacialist, glacial geologist (s) (noun); glacialists; glacial geologists (pl)
A person who studies geological phenomena involving the action of ice: Mr. Carpenter was an expert glacialist who attributed the phenomena of the geological drift to glaciers.
glaciologist
One who specializes in the scientific study of glaciers and their phenomena.
glaciology
The scientific study of the formation, movements, etc. of glaciers.
glossology (glah SOHL uh jee) (s) (noun), glossologies (pl)
1. In medicine, the study of the tongue and its diseases.
2. The definitions and explanations of terms; as seen in a glossary.
3. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics.
glottochronology (s) (noun) (no pl)
The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language: Glottochronology is the application of statistics to vocabulary in order to determine the degree of relationships between two or more languages and the time of their splitting off from a common ancestor.

lottochronology is the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of the replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct, but related languages share by using the information that is obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single language.

glottology
1. The study of linguistics or the systematic study of a particular language or of languages.
2. The science of the definitions and explanations of terms.
3. The study of the tongue and the conditions, or diseases, affecting it.
glycobiology
The study of molecules that contain carbohydrates, their structure and function, and the roles they play in biology.
glyptology
The scientific study of engraving upon precious stones, etc.
gnathology
1. The study of the forces exerted by the teeth in the jaws, especially during mastication or chewing.
2. A field of dental or medical study which deals with the entire chewing apparatus, including its anatomic, histological, morphological, physiologic, and pathological characteristics.

Diagnostic, therapeutic, and any necessary rehabilitative procedures can be determined by such research results.

gnomology
A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave-stone sentences, or reflections.
gnotobiology
1. The study of organisms or conditions that are either free of germs or associated only with known or specified germs.
2. The study of animals in the absence of contaminating microorganisms; that is, of “germ-free” animals.
grammatologist
A specialist who studies writing systems.
grammatology
The study of writing systems.
graphiologist
One who is skilled in the craft of writing.
graphiology
The art or craft of writing or delineating.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.