Etymology

dactyliology

D2A1C3T1Y4L1I1O1L1O1G2Y4

Today it means: The branch of archaeology dealing with gems or gem engraving. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δακτύλιος
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδακτύλιος“finger ring”
  2. English todaydactyliology

From Ancient Greek δακτύλιος (daktúlios, “finger ring”) + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.