Etymology

anthropology

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Today it means: The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework. Full definition →

New Latin anthropologia ← Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄνθρωπος“human, mankind”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromanthropologia
  3. English todayanthropology

From New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human, mankind”) + -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -logy.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄνθρωπος all →

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