Power Suffixes for Twelfth Grade Students: -ology

The OED lists its etymology as “uncertain,” but it was apparently coined early in World War II by someone in the Royal Air Force. Washington Post (Dec 8, 2018)

“It wasn’t until we discovered this wreck that we realised Herodotus was right,” said Dr Damian Robinson, director of Oxford University’s centre for maritime archaeology, which is publishing the excavation’s findings. The Guardian (Mar 17, 2019)

“Therefore, there is an urgent need to study the ecology, distribution, and conservation status of this rare and very beautiful genus.” Fox News (Jul 23, 2019)

It's always just a line or two that I found from some poem in the gigantic poetry anthology my sophomore English teacher taught from. Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“The study of insects is called ‘entomology,’” Mrs. V said. Out of My Mind

My Oxford dictionary defines “jargon” as “difficult to understand” terminology used by a progression or group. Los Angeles Times (Aug 12, 2019)

North Lanarkshire Council questioned the methodology used to conduct the tests and said it was important to wait for the outcome of the review. BBC (Aug 6, 2019)

“A tautology is a repetition of the same sense in different words,” he said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

What there is, apparently, is advanced-placement classes in eschatology, because Grizz is able to translate the graffitied words, an Aramaic phrase from the apocalyptic Book of Daniel: “The writing’s on the wall.” The New Yorker (May 22, 2019)

The paper described the condition as “a real syndrome of uncertain etiology,” or cause. Reuters (Aug 24, 2017)