onychology etymology

English word onychology comes from English -logy, English onycho- ((anatomy) nail.)

Detailed word origin of onychology

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-logy English (eng) A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.. Something said, or a way of speaking, a narrative.
onycho- English (eng) (anatomy) nail.
onychology English (eng) (medicine) the study of fingernails and toenails.

Words with the same origin as onychology

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 onycho-
onychalgia onychectomy onychitis onychodystrophy onychogryphosis onycholysis onychomancy onychomycosis onychomycotic onychopathology onychopathy onychophagia onychophagy onychorrhexis onychosis