-logist
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
-logy (“study of”) + -ist (“(agent)”)
Suffix[edit]
-logist
Usage notes[edit]
- Relatively few terms are directly derived using this suffix. Terms ending in logist are often derived from words formed in other languages or by suffixing -ist to a word ending in logy, as dermatologist = dermatology + -ist and genealogist = genealogy + -ist.