Etymology

quasiarchaeological

Today it means: Apparently, but not actually, archaeological. Full definition →

English archaeological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  16. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  17. Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  18. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  20. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  21. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  22. Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
  23. Englisharchaeology
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Englisharchaeological
  27. English todayquasiarchaeological

From quasi- + archaeological.

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