Etymology

archaeological

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Today it means: Relating to the science or research of archaeology. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English archaeology ← Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  5. Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
  11. Englisharchaeology
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. English todayarchaeological

From archaeology + -ical. By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logical.

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