-ology

/ˈɒlədʒɪ/

combining form

common form of -LOGY. -LOGY的常见形式。

☞ ology

-ology

word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science," now the usual form of -logy. Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.), it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the previous element.

-ology /ˈɒlədʒi/ suffix.

ORIGIN: formed as -o- + -logy.

Forming nouns from or after Greek, with the sense ‘a subject of study or interest, a branch of knowledge’, as phenology, psychology, sexology, etc.

-ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ologic

-ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ological

-ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ologist

-ology

Suffix

Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds.
often humorous added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study.

Etymology

From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy.

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -ology

Related terms

ology

Quotations

1843: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England - well, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology.

1857: Delia Bacon, The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded - ...so long as a mere human word-ology is suffered to remain here, clogging all with its deadly impotence...

1916: Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House - It seems he'd been making original researches in anthropology, or folk-lore-ology, or something like that.

词汇	-ology
词根词缀	NewOxfordEC OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Wiktionary -ology /ˈɒlədʒɪ/ combining form common form of -LOGY. -LOGY的常见形式。 ☞ ology -ology word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science," now the usual form of -logy. Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.), it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the previous element. -ology /ˈɒlədʒi/ suffix. ORIGIN: formed as -o- + -logy. Forming nouns from or after Greek, with the sense ‘a subject of study or interest, a branch of knowledge’, as phenology, psychology, sexology, etc. -ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ologic -ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ological -ology ⇒ Main Entry: -ologist -ology Suffix Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds. often humorous added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study. Etymology From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy. Derived terms ► English words suffixed with -ology Related terms ology Quotations 1843: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England - well, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology. 1857: Delia Bacon, The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded - ...so long as a mere human word-ology is suffered to remain here, clogging all with its deadly impotence... 1916: Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House - It seems he'd been making original researches in anthropology, or folk-lore-ology, or something like that.
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