Etymology

arkeologist

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Today it means: Someone who studies the story of Noah's ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it. Full definition →

English archaeologist ← Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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The story

  1. EnglishArk
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  5. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  6. Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  10. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  11. Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
  12. Englisharchaeolog(y)
  13. Englisharchaeologist
  14. English todayarkeologist

Blend of Ark + archaeologist.

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