Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 3–5: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: logy

This vocabulary list features words derived from the Greek logia meaning "study of, interest in."
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  1. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  2. anthropology
    science of the origins and social relationships of humans
  3. archaeology
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
  4. astrology
    divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
  5. biology
    the science that studies living organisms
  6. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  7. ecology
    the environment as it relates to living organisms
  8. etymology
    a history of a word
  9. genealogy
    the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  10. geology
    science of the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
  11. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
  12. meteorology
    the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere
  13. mythology
    the body of stories associated with a culture or institution
  14. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies diseases
  15. psychology
    the science of mental life
  16. sociology
    the study and classification of human societies
  17. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  18. terminology
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  19. theology
    the rational and systematic study of religion
  20. zoology
    the branch of biology that studies animals
Created on Thu May 02 22:53:20 EDT 2024 (updated Thu Aug 08 10:06:49 EDT 2024)

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