Meanings
comparative more quasiarchaeological · superlative most quasiarchaeological
- Apparently, but not actually, archaeological.
There were dozens of quasiarchaeological discoveries during the seven-month renovation of the 80-year-old Beacon Theater in Manhattan.
2009 February 12, Glenn Collins, “Restored to the Glamour of Its Vaudeville Days”, in New York Times1 more example
A quasiarchaeological site of the future was created in the form of a complete contemporary children's room with a multitude of objects showing dinosaur images[…]
2005, Cornelius Holtorf, From Stonehenge to Las Vegas: archaeology as popular culture, page 67
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
- Proto-Italic*kʷis
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
- Proto-Italic*kʷoi
- Latinquam
- Proto-Indo-European*só
- Proto-Italic*sei
- Latinsī
- Latinquasī̆
- Englishquasi-
- 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
- Englishquasiarchaeological
From quasi- + archaeological.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
quasiarchaeological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasiarchaeological
“quasiarchaeological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasiarchaeological. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quasiarchaeological,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quasiarchaeological.
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