istics
istics is a suffix used in English to form nouns that name branches of knowledge or systematic areas of study. It derives from the Greek suffix -istikos, indicating pertaining to or the study of something, and has become a productive way to name disciplines in science, humanities, and social science. The result is usually a mass or abstract noun that denotes a field of inquiry.
Common examples include linguistics, the science of language; statistics, the science of data collection and analysis;
In usage, these nouns typically refer to a field rather than a concrete object. They are often
The suffix -istics belongs to a broader family of endings that name areas of study, alongside -ics,