bracketology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English bracket Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos 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 bracketology From bracket + -ology, coined by American sportswriter and commentator Joe Lunardi.
Meanings
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(US, uncountable) The practice of predicting and analyzing sports tournament brackets.
The field of so-called bracketology has attracted mathematicians and statheads who endlessly tweak predictive models, researching new ways to gain any small edge.
2023 March 12, Andrew Keh, “The Impossible Allure of the Perfect Bracket”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023: