Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to astroarchaeology.
Resistance to astro-archaeological theory has been intensified by the understanding that, if ancient people of Neolithic culture are credited with an astronomical science far advance of medieval [...] current faith in the unique quality of our own scientific achievement is undermined.
1989, John Michell, A Little History of Astro-Archaeology, page 8
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
- Proto-Hellenic*astḗr
- Ancient Greekἀστήρ (astḗr)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)
- Englishastro-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
- Englisharchaeology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englisharchaeological
- Englishastro-
- Englisharchaeology
- Englishastroarchaeology
- Englishastroarchaeological
From astro- + archaeological, or from astroarchaeology + -ical.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
astroarchaeological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astroarchaeological
“astroarchaeological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astroarchaeological. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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