Etymology

Paleoarchean

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Today it means: Of a geologic era within the Archaean eon from about 3600 to 3200 million years ago; the first aerobic bacteria appeared at this time. Full definition →

English Archaean ← Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  2. Englishpaleo-
  3. EnglishArchaean
  4. English todayPaleoarchean

From paleo- + Archaean.

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