-ologist

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Suffixes

-archy

-Biology suffixes

-cide

-cracy

-cycle

-dom

-ic

-illion

-ism

-ist

-izzle

-kinesis

-mania

-nik

-ography

-oid

-ologist

-ology

-ome

-omics

-onomy

-onym

-ous

-phil-

-phobia

-polis

-scope

-stan

-ville

-ware

-ologist is a suffix which means "one who studies a subject". It is derived from the suffix "-ology". Both come from the Greek word logia, which is derived from the Greek word for speech or word.

Examples of -ologists

• archaeologist, one who studies history through physical remnants
• biologist, one who studies life
• geologist, one who studies the earth