-istics

-istics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English -ics
English -istics

    From -ist + -ics.

    Suffix

    -istics

    1. Synonym of -logy (“branch of learning; a study of a particular subject”).
      Synonyms: -ics, -logy, -s

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -istics
    Anglistics
    Balkanistics
    Bohemistics
    Bulgaristics
    casuistics
    creolistics
    folkloristics
    Germanistics
    Hispanistics
    Hungaristics
    Iranistics
    journalistics
    Koreanistics
    Macedonistics
    Manjuristics
    medievalistics
    medievistics
    Mongolistics
    pianistics
    Polonistics
    Romanistics
    Serbistics
    Slavistics
    Slovakistics
    Slovenistics
    Ukrainistics
    Yugoslavistics
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