Etymology

nonarchaeologist

Today it means: One who is not an archaeologist. Full definition →

English archaeologist ← Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  16. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  17. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  18. Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  21. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  22. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  23. Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
  24. Englisharchaeolog(y)
  25. Englisharchaeologist
  26. English todaynonarchaeologist

From non- + archaeologist.

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