MadSci Network: Science History
Query:

Re: Why do all scientists have ologist at the end of their name?

Date: Fri May 7 15:51:46 1999
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 926008962.Sh
Message:

Scientists have "ologist" at the ends for very good etymological reasons: 
scientific disciplines were originally named in Greek or Latin. The Greek 
"logos" means "word" or "description," while "-logia" was used in Medieval 
Latin as a suffix to denote "study of."

                                         Dan Berger
                                         MadSci Administrator


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