-ologio
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek λογία (logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oloˈɡio/
- Hyphenation: o‧lo‧gi‧o
- Rhymes: -io
Suffix
-ologio
- denotes the field of the specialist in the root.
- Esperanto (“Esperanto”) + -ologio → esperantologio (“Esperantology”)
- psiko (“psyche”) + -ologio → psikologio (“psychology”)
- socio (“society”) + -ologio → sociologio (“sociology”)
- zoo (“zoo”) + -ologio → zoologio (“zoology”)
Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Esperanto_words_suffixed_with_-ologio' title='Category:Esperanto words suffixed with -ologio'>Esperanto words suffixed with -ologio</a>
Usage notes
Words ending in -ologio appear in scientific terminology that cannot be reduced further, such as biologio, ekologio, geologio, topologio, etc.
See also
- -io
- -iko