English
fossilology
From fossil + -ology.
A compound of fossil + -ology
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 study of fossils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fossilology