dendroarchaeology

noun

the science that uses dendrochronology to date wooden material from archaeological sites.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

noundendroarchaeology (uncountable)

alternative dendroarcheology

  1. uncountablearchaeologythe science that uses dendrochronology to date wooden material from archaeological sites.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dóruredup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*der-drew-om?
  3. Ancient Greekδένδρον (déndron)
  4. Englishdendr-
  5. Englishdendro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  8. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  9. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  14. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  15. Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
  16. Englisharchaeology
  17. Englishdendroarchaeology

From dendro- + archaeology.

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dendroarchaeology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dendroarchaeology

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