ethnology etymology

English word ethnology comes from English -logy, English ethno-

Detailed word origin of ethnology

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-logy English (eng) A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.. Something said, or a way of speaking, a narrative.
ethno- English (eng) Race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).
ethnology English (eng) (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.

Words with the same origin as ethnology

Descendants of -logy
auxologist cardiology chronological chronology cosmochronology criminology cryptology cytology dermatology gerontology gynaecology histology ichthyology logy morphological morphology musicologist ophthalmology pharmacological pharmacology proctology seismology topology urology
Descendants of ethno-
ethnoarchaeology ethnoastronomy ethnobiologist ethnoburb ethnocentric fallacy ethnocracy ethnocultural ethnogenesis ethnogenocide ethnographer ethnohistoric ethnoknowledge ethnomania ethnomethodology ethnomusic ethnoornithologist ethnophilia ethnophysiology ethnopoetic ethnopoiesis ethnopsychopharmacology ethnoscience ethnosociology ethnoterritory