The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-λογία
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερισσός“odd, uneven”
- Latin · derived fromperissologia
- English todayperissology
From Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd, uneven”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, perisso- + logy or periss- + -ology.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερισσός all →
odd-toed ungulateperissad
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.