-logist
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
-logy (“study of”) + -ist (“(agent)”)
Suffix
-logist
Usage notes
- 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.