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archeology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɑː.kiːˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle French archéologie, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archeo- + -logy, but not coined in that way.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, uncommon, uncountable, usually) Uncommon spelling of archaeology.
   alt of archaeology
   • By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical. 1997, Jacob W. Gruber, “American Philosophical Society”, in History of Physical Anthropology, page 64:

Forms

Deriveds

zooarcheology · archeological · pseudoarcheology · xenoarcheology · phytoarcheology · archeologist · paleoarcheology