English
osteoarchaeology
Osteoarchaeology 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’
- English1500–presentarchaeology
- Englishtodayosteoarchaeology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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’
- English1500–presentarchaeology
- Englishtodayosteoarchaeology
A compound of osteo- + archaeology
Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία ‘antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history’
English archaeology
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, collection, lesson, technology, select, eligible, elite, collect, elect, elegant, legion, coil, catalogue, negligence, negligible, negligent, diligent, leach, lexicon, lexical, cull, epilogue, astrology, dialectic, legation, alexia, lexis, lignin, cosmology, lignite, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 150 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
pathological, etymology, homologous, astrological, pathophysiology, psychopathology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, histopathology, 101 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, sociology, physiology, terminology, pathology, logos, monologue, prologue, logistic, pathologist, eulogy, entomology, epistemology, etiology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriology, bacteriologist, 109 more
through Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ ‘antiquarian lore, ancient legends or history’
through English archaeology
Today it means
noun The scientific study of human remains from archaeological sites.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / osteoarchaeology