Etymology

cereology

ce·re·o·lo·gy
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Today it means: The investigation, or practice, of creating crop circles. Full definition →

English Ceres ← Latin Cerē ← Proto-Italic *Kerēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerēs
  3. Proto-Italic*Kerēs
  4. LatinCerē
  5. EnglishCeres
  6. English todaycereology

From Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”) + -ology.

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