Etymology

speleology

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Today it means: The scientific study of caves. Full definition →

French spéléologie
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  1. French · borrowed fromspéléologie
  2. English todayspeleology

From French spéléologie, coined by Émile Rivière in 1890. The word can be broken down as speleo- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.