Etymology

palaeoentomological

Today it means: Pertaining to palaeoentomology Full definition →

English entomological ← Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  2. Englishpaleo-
  3. Englishpalaeo-
  4. Englishentomological
  5. English todaypalaeoentomological

From palaeo- + entomological.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.