-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.

pulicology
pulmonologist
pulmonology
pyretologist
pyretology
That branch of medicine that treats of fever; literally, "the study of fever".
pyritologist
pyritology
pyrologist
Someone who studies the effects of heat.
pyrology
1. The study of fire and heat, especially with regard to chemical analysis.
2. A treatise on heat; or the natural history of heat, latent and sensible.
3. That branch of physical science which deals with the properties, phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat.
pyrotechnology
The study of or the science of the art of making and using fireworks; as well as, the design and production of items that are used for both military and nonmilitary purposes to produce a bright light for illumination, or colored lights, or smoke for signaling.
quantitative archaeology, quantitative archeology (s) (noun) (no pl)
Archaeological techniques dependent on counting, measuring, and the use of statistical methods and computers: Amanda was amazed at the number of aspects involved in quantitative archaeology to find out as much as possible regarding historical remains found in sites.
radiobiologist
An expert in radiobiology or the branch of science concerned with effects of light and of ultraviolet and ionizing radiations on living tissues or organisms.
radiobiology
The study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation upon living tissue.
radioimmunology
radiologist
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-.