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Where does “archeological” come from?

Archeological derives from English archeology plus the English suffix -ic, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία, combining ἀρχαῖος (ancient) with λόγος (discourse, from λέγω, to speak).

archeological (English): Alternative spelling of archaeological

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of archaeological

Ancestry of “archeological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharcheologyAlternative form of archaeology
2Middle Frencharchéologie—
3Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίαbook of old stories, legends, traditions; written...
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “archeological”

  • archeologically
  • bioarcheological
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