Standard Lemma guide

somatology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of the physical nature of human beings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh2- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα, σώματος (sôma, sṓmatos) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English somatology From Ancient Greek σῶμα, σώματος (sôma, sṓmatos, “body”) + English -ology.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: саматало́гія (samatalóhija) — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Catalan: somatologia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Czech: somatologie — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Czech: tělověda — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • French: somatologie — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • German: Somatologie — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • German: Körperlehre — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Greek: σωματολογία (somatología) — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Hungarian: szomatológia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Italian: somatologia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Macedonian: соматологија (somatologija) — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Polish: somatologia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Portuguese: somatologia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Romanian: somatologie — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Russian: соматоло́гия (somatológija) — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Serbo-Croatian: somatològija — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Slovak: somatológia — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Slovak: teloveda — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Slovene: somatologíja — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Spanish: somatología — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Turkish: somatoloji — the study of the physical nature of human beings
  • Ukrainian: соматоло́гія (somatolóhija) — the study of the physical nature of human beings