Etymology · Ancient Greek
παλαιός
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek παλαιός, most common first.
- paleo-Old; ancient or primitive.
- paleocrysticOf, pertaining to, or derived from a former glacial formation; composed of ancient ice.
- paleologismA word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured or offensive, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.