Etymology

ichthyoarchaeology

Today it means: The part of archaeology concerned with early man's exploitation of fish Full definition →

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

From ichthyo- + archaeology.

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