The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-der.?
- Ancient Greekπάλαι (pálai)
- Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
- English todaypaleo-
From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπαλαιός all →
paleocrysticpaleologism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.