geology
study of the earth
Root
- log / logy: word, speech, reasoning, study
Other words with the log / logy root
- analogous: similar in a useful or structural way
- analogy: comparison based on similarity
- anthropology: the study of human beings
- apologist: a defender of a person, idea, or cause
- apology: expression of regret or defense
- astrology: belief system mapping celestial positions to human affairs
- biology: study of life
- dialogue: conversation
Geology is earth-study: -logy makes the subject into a field.
Geology turned the cliff into a timeline of pressure and heat.