Where does “molekyyliarkeologia” come from?

molekyyliarkeologia (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkeologia, from Finnish -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

molekyyliarkeologia (Finnish): molecular archaeology

Definitions

  1. molecular archaeology

Ancestry of “molekyyliarkeologia”, step by step

molekyyliarkeologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish arkeologia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharkeologiaarchaeology UK, archeology US
2Finnish-logia-logy
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish molekyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmolekyyliA molecule
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω