Etymology

petrogeology

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Today it means: Petroleum geology. Full definition →

English geology ← Latin petra
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  1. Latinpetra
  2. Englishpetro-
  3. Englishgeology
  4. English todaypetrogeology

From petro- + geology.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.