Etymology of the English word archeology
the English word
archeologyderived from the French word
archéologiederived from the Latin word
archaeologia (archaeology; study of antiquities)
derived from the Greek word
archaiologia, ἀρχαιολογία
using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Greek prefix
archaio-derived from the Greek word
archaios, ἀρχαῖος (original or primeval)
derived from the Greek word
arche, ἀρχή ((properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank))
derived from the Greek word
archein, ἄρχω
Cognates
Dutch
archeologie, English
arch, French
archéologie, German
Archäologie, Italian
archeologia, Lithuanian
archeologija, Polish
archeologia, Russian
apxeoлогияUsage
Word found in Modern English
