-logist
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -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.