(word root) a science or branch of knowledgeExamples of words with the root -ology: biology, geology, psychology
-ology
suff. Variant of -logy.
-ology
-logia
(lō'jē-ă), 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the Eng. equivalent is -logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology. 2. Collecting or picking.
-ology
1. Suffix denoting study of. 2. Synonym(s): -logia.