English
Neolithic
From neo- + -lithic.
Formed from neo- + -lithic
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’
Proto-Hellenic *néwos ‘new’
Ancient Greek νέος ‘young’
English neo-
The story
Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.
Today it means
name The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Neolithic