-ics
science, art, or field of study
Greek · -ika (-ικά)
Names a science, art or field of study: physics, politics, mathematics. The word looks plural but usually takes a singular verb: "Physics is hard".
Memory trick
-ics is a lab coat: put it on a word and you enter a field of study.
Words from this root
- physics (phys + ics) — science of matter and energyभौतिकी
- politics (polit + ics) — the work of governing a countryराजनीति
- mathematics (mathemat + ics) — science of numbers and shapesगणित
- economics (econom + ics) — study of money and tradeअर्थशास्त्र
- ethics (eth + ics) — study of right and wrongनैतिकता
- linguistics (linguist + ics) — scientific study of languageभाषाविज्ञान
- athletics (athlet + ics) — sports like running and jumpingएथलेटिक्स, खेलकूद
- electronics (electron + ics) — study of circuits and devicesइलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स
- genetics (genet + ics) — study of how traits pass onआनुवंशिकी
- robotics (robot + ics) — study of building robotsरोबोटिक्स
- statistics (statist + ics) — study of collecting number dataसांख्यिकी
- acoustics (acoust + ics) — science of soundध्वनि-विज्ञान