Where does “paleo” come from?
paleo (English) comes from Hawaiian leo, from Proto-Polynesian leo, from Proto-Oceanic leqo, from Proto-Oceanic *(qa-)liqoʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian liqəʀ — neck.
paleo (English): Clipping of paleodiet
Definitions
- Clipping of paleodiet
Ancestry of “paleo”, step by step
paleo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian leo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | leo | voice; sound; command; verbal message |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | leo | voice; language; speech |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | leqo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | *(qa-)liqoʀ | throat front part of the neck |
| 5 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | liqəʀ | neck |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | liqəʀ | neck |
via Ancient Greek παλαιός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | παλαιός | old, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
Words derived from “paleo”
- Paleozoic
- paleosol
- paleogeography
- paleogeographic
- paleodemography
- paleocurrent
- paleomammalian
- paleodemographic
- paleochannel
- paleobiological
- paleocortex
- paleofecal
- paleofeces
- paleosoil
- paleoethnobotanical
- paleolake
- paleolimnologist
- paleovegetation
- paleocommunity
- paleozoology
- paleogeographical
- paleospinothalamic
- paleodietary
- paleodiet