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Where does “paleoanthropological” come from?

paleoanthropological (English) comes from English palaeoanthropological, from English anthropological, from English anthropology, from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

paleoanthropological (English): Alternative spelling of palaeoanthropological

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  1. Alternative spelling of palaeoanthropological

Ancestry of “paleoanthropological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpalaeoanthropologicalOf or pertaining to palaeoanthropology
2EnglishanthropologicalRelating to anthropology
3EnglishanthropologyThe holistic scientific and social study of...
4New Latinanthropologiaanthropology
5Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
6Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
7Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
8Proto-Italic-os—
9Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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