English
archaeologist
Archaeologist comes from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ ‘antiquarian lore, ancient legends or history’, from λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρχαιολογίᾱarkhaiologíā‘antiquarian lore, ancient legends or history’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023archaeologist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρχαιολογίᾱarkhaiologíā‘antiquarian lore, ancient legends or history’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023archaeologist
Earliest quotation: 2023, Lianne Kolirin, Skeletal remains of Roman aristocrat discovered in hidden le: “The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, catalogue, negligence, negligent, negligible, diligent, lexicon, leach, lexical, cull, astrology, epilogue, dialectic, cosmology, legation, alexia, lignite, lignin, lexis, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 152 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, astrological, psychopathology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, histopathology, 103 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, sociology, terminology, physiology, logos, pathology, monologue, prologue, eulogy, pathologist, logistic, entomology, epistemology, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriologist, 111 more
Today it means
noun Someone who studies or practises archaeology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / archaeologist