Etymology

palaeoscience

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Today it means: Any scientific discipline that studies the geologic past; especially a division of a study that normally focuses on the present geological state. Full definition →

English science ← Middle English science ← Old French science
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  2. Englishpaleo-
  3. Englishpalaeo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  6. Latinsciō
  7. Latinsciēns
  8. Latinscientia
  9. Old Frenchscience
  10. Middle Englishscience
  11. Englishscience
  12. English todaypalaeoscience

From palaeo- + science.

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