Review of Etymology:
Words denoting science
Prefix, Root, Suffix
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Meaning
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-logy
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Study of
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-graphy
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Biblio
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Book
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Anthropo
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Mankind
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Arbori
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Trees and vegetables
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Astro
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sky or star
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Bacterio
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Bacteria
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Kallos
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beautiful
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Graphy
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Writing
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Chrono
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Time
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Cyto
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Cells
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Dactyl
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Finger prints
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Demo
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Population
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Eco
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Environment
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Entomo
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Insects
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Ethno
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Human races
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Etho
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Animal behaviour
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Etymo
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Origin and history of words
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Ganea
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Family ancestries
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Geo
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Earth
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Histo
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Tissues
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Horti
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flowers,fruits,vegetables
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Hagio
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Lives of saints
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Icono
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Pictures
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Lexico
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Dictionaries
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Odonto
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Teeth
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Ornitho
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Birds
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Petro
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Rocks
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Philo
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Written records
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Seismo
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Earthquakes
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Spele
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Caves
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Zoo
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Animal life
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Agrosto
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Grass
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Apio
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Bees
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Agro
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Agriculture
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Anemo
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Wind
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Algo
|
algae
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Trick to learn words:
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The study of list of books = biblio (books) + logy (study) = bibliology
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Study of mankind = anthropos (mankind) + logy (study) = anthropology
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Cultivation of trees and vegetables = arbori (trees and vegetables) = Arboriculture
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Study of bacteria = baterio (bacteria) + logy (study) = bacteriology
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The art of beautiful handwriting = kallos (beautiful) + graphy (writing) = calligraphy
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Study of time periods = chronos(time) + logy (study) = Chronology
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Study of heavenly bodies = Cosmo(heavenly bodies) + logy (study) = Cosmology
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Study of cells = Cyto (cells) + logy (study) = cytology
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Study of finger prints = Dactylo (finger prints) + logy (study) = Dactylology
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Study of environment = Eco (environment) + logy (study) = ecology
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Study of Insects = Entomo (insects) + logy (study) = entomology
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Study of family ancestries = Ganea (family ancestries) + logy (study) = Ganealogy
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Study of earth = Geo (Earth) + logy (study) = Geology
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Study of Tissues = Histo(tissues) + logy(study) = Histology
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Study of flowers, fruits, vegetables = Horti (flowers, fruits, vegetables) + culture (cultivation) = Horticulture
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Study of lives of saints = Hagio (lives of saints) + logy (study) = Hagiology
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Study of symbolic representation = Icono (symbolic) + logy( study) = Iconology
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Study of compiling of dictionaries = Lexico (dictionaries) + logy (study) = Lexicology
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Study of teeth = Odontos(teeth) + logy (study) = odontology
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Study of birds = Ornithos (birds) + logy(study) =Ornothology
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Study of rocks = Petro (rocks) + logy (study) = petrology
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Study of written records = Philo (written records) + logy (study) = philology
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Study of ancient writings = Paleo (ancient) + graphy(writing) = paleology
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Study of earth quakes = Seismo(earthquake) + logy(study) = seismology
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Study of caves = Spele(caves) + logy(study) = spelelogy
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Study of animals = Zoo (animals) +logy(study) = zoology
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Study of bees = apio (bees) + logy (study) = apiology
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Study of grasses = agrosto (grass) + logy (study) = agrostology
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Study of agricultural soils = agro (agriculture) + logy (study) = agrology
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Study of winds = anemo(wind) +logy(study) = anemology
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Study of algae = algo(algae) + logy (study) = algology
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