olfactology etymology

English word olfactology comes from English -logy, English olfacto- (Smell.)

Detailed word origin of olfactology

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-logy English (eng) A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.. Something said, or a way of speaking, a narrative.
olfacto- English (eng) Smell.
olfactology English (eng) The chemical study of smell.

Words with the same origin as olfactology

Descendants of -logy
auxologist cardiology chronological chronology cosmochronology criminology cryptology cytology dermatology ethnology gerontology gynaecology histology ichthyology logy morphological morphology musicologist ophthalmology pharmacological pharmacology proctology seismology topology urology
Descendants of olfacto-
olfactometer olfactometry olfactomotor olfactophilia