English
fossilism
From fossil + -ism.
Formed from fossil + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’
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Proto-Italic *foðjō ‘to pierce’
Latin fodio ‘to dig up’
Latin fossilis ‘something which has been dug up’
French fossile
English fossil
Today it means
noun The science or state of fossils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fossilism