Etymology

archaeologically

Today it means: In an archaeological manner. Full definition →

English archaeological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← 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. Englisharchaeological
  15. English todayarchaeologically

From archaeological + -ly.

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