English
fossilogy
From fossil + -logy, with haplology.
Formed from fossil + -logy
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 study of fossils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fossilogy