archaeology
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
- The actual excavation, examination, analysis, and interpretation.
- The actual remains together with their location in the stratigraphy.
- The academic subject; in the USA: one of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology.
Pronunciation
/ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
/ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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/ˌɑɹ.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
/ˌɐː.kiˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
/ˌɐː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
[ˌɐː.kiˈɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒi]
Word forms
archaeology
archaeologies
archæology
archaiology
archeology
Etymology
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
English archaeology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logy.
Translations
Afrikaans: argeologie
Albanian: arkeologji
Arabic: عِلْمُ الآثَار
Arabic: آثَار
Arabic: عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة
Armenian: հնագիտություն
Asturian: arqueoloxía
Azerbaijani: arxeologiya
Bashkir: археология
Basque: arkeologia
Belarusian: археало́гія
Bengali: প্রত্নতত্ত্ব
Breton: arkeologiezh
Breton: henoniezh
Bulgarian: археология
Burmese: ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနပညာ
Catalan: arqueologia
Chinese Mandarin: 考古學 /考古学
Czech: archeologie
Danish: arkæologi
Dutch: archeologie
Dutch: oudheidkunde
Esperanto: arĥeologio
Esperanto: arkeologio
Estonian: arheoloogia
Finnish: arkeologia
French: archéologie
West-Frisian: archeology
West-Frisian: âldheidkunde
Galician: arqueoloxía
Georgian: არქეოლოგია
German: Archäologie
German: Altertumskunde
Greek: αρχαιολογία
Haitian Creole: akeyoloji
Hebrew: ארכאולוגיה
Hindi: पुरातत्व
Hungarian: archeológia
Hungarian: régészet
Icelandic: fornleifafræði
Ido: arkeologio
Indonesian: arkeologi
Indonesian: ilmu purbakala
Irish: seandálaíocht
Italian: archeologia
Japanese: 考古学
Kannada: ಪುರಾತತ್ತ್ವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
Kazakh: археология
Khmer: បុរាណវិទ្យា
Khmer: បុរាណវត្ថុវិទ្យា
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