archeology

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archeology

/ˌɑː.kiːˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ UK
/ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ US

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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.

noun archeologies · archaeology · archæology

US, uncommon, uncountable, usually Uncommon spelling 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 essential

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@misc{archeology_2026,
  title = {archeology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/archeology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}