Synonyms & related words for sedimentology

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of sedimentology. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to sedimentology

Explore words related to sedimentology — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include epeirogeny, diagenesis, stratigraphy, geomorphology, sedimentary, stratigrapher, petrology, geology. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does sedimentology come from?

The word sedimentology breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: sediment, from Latin sedimentum (“a settling, that which sinks down”); o, from Greek -o- (“connective vowel”); and -logy, from Greek logos (“study, discourse”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.