archaeology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
English archaeology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logy.
Inflected forms:
form: archaeologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: archæology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
form: archaiology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: archeology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ^({1}) He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return.
^({2}) The latent grid of knowledge which organizes every scientific discourse and defines what can or cannot be thought scientifically — the process of uncovering these levels Foucault calls 'archaeology'.
^({3}) “Archaeology”, as the investigation of that which renders necessary a certain form of thought, implies an excavation of unconsciously organized sediments of thought. Unlike a history of ideas, it doesn’t assume that knowledge accumulates towards any historical conclusion. Archaeology ignores individuals and their histories. It prefers to excavate impersonal structures of knowledge.
Archaeology is a task that doesn’t consist of treating discourse as signs referring to a real content like madness. It treats discourses, such as medicine, as practices that form the objects of which they speak.
gloss: The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The building's developers have asked for some archaeology to be undertaken.
gloss: The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.
gloss: The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She studied archaeology at Edinburgh University.
Related words: archaic
archaism
Derived words: archaeologic
archaeological
archaeologist
astroarchaeology
dendroarchaeology
ethnoarchaeology
exoarchaeology
geoarchaeology
hydroarchaeology
ichthyoarchaeology
maritime archaeology
microarchaeology
pseudoarchaeology
software archaeology
xenoarchaeology
zooarchaeology
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: argeologie
lang: Albanian
word: arkeologji
lang: Amharic
word: አርኬዎሎጂ
roman: ʾärkewoloǧi
lang: Arabic
word: عِلْمُ الآثَار
roman: ʕilmu l-ʔāṯār
lang: Arabic
word: آثَار
roman: ʔāṯār
lang: Arabic
word: عِلْمُ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَة
roman: ʕilmu l-ʔāṯāri l-qadīma
lang: Armenian
word: հնագիտություն
roman: hnagitutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: arqueoloxía
lang: Azerbaijani
word: arxeologiya
lang: Bashkir
word: археология
roman: arxeologiya
lang: Basque
word: arkeologia
lang: Belarusian
word: археало́гія
roman: arxjealóhija
lang: Bengali
word: প্রত্নতত্ত্ব
roman: protnototto
lang: Breton
word: arkeologiezh
lang: Breton
word: henoniezh
lang: Bulgarian
word: археология
roman: arheologija
lang: Burmese
word: ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနပညာ
roman: hre:haung:su.tesa.na.pa.nya
lang: Catalan
word: arqueologia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 考古學 /考古学
roman: kǎogǔxué
lang: Czech
word: archeologie
lang: Danish
word: arkæologi
lang: Dutch
word: archeologie
lang: Dutch
word: oudheidkunde
lang: Esperanto
word: arĥeologio
lang: Esperanto
word: arkeologio
lang: Estonian
word: arheoloogia
lang: Finnish
word: arkeologia
lang: French
word: archéologie
lang: West-Frisian
word: archeology
lang: West-Frisian
word: âldheidkunde
lang: Galician
word: arqueoloxía
lang: Georgian
word: არქეოლოგია
roman: arkeologia
lang: German
word: Archäologie
lang: German
word: Altertumskunde
lang: Greek
word: αρχαιολογία
roman: archaiología
lang: Haitian Creole
word: akeyoloji
lang: Hebrew
word: ארכאולוגיה
roman: arkheologia
lang: Hindi
word: पुरातत्व
roman: purātatva
lang: Hungarian
word: archeológia
lang: Hungarian
word: régészet
lang: Icelandic
word: fornleifafræði
lang: Ido
word: arkeologio
lang: Indonesian
word: arkeologi
lang: Indonesian
word: ilmu purbakala
lang: Irish
word: seandálaíocht
lang: Italian
word: archeologia
lang: Japanese
word: 考古学
roman: kōkogaku
lang: Kannada
word: ಪುರಾತತ್ತ್ವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
roman: purātattva śāstra
lang: Kazakh
word: археология
roman: arxeologiä
lang: Khmer
word: បុរាណវិទ្យា
roman: bo’raan vityie
lang: Khmer
word: បុរាណវត្ថុវិទ្យា
roman: bo’raan voattʰo’ vityie
lang: Korean
word: 고고학
roman: gogohak
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: arkeolojî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: археология
roman: arheologiya
lang: Lao
word: ບູຮານວິທະຍາ
roman: bū hān wi tha nyā
lang: Latin
word: archaeologia
lang: Latvian
word: arheoloģija
lang: Lithuanian
word: archeologija
lang: Macedonian
word: археологија
roman: arheologija
lang: Malay
word: arkeologi
lang: Malay
word: kaji purba
lang: Malayalam
word: പുരാവസ്തുശാസ്ത്രം
roman: purāvastuśāstraṁ
lang: Manx
word: shenndaaleeaght
lang: Māori
word: mātai whaipara tangata
lang: Marathi
word: पुरातत्त्वशास्त्र
roman: purātattvaśāstra
lang: Mongolian
word: археологи
roman: arxeologi
lang: Nepali
word: पुरातत्त्वशास्त्र
roman: purātattvaśāstra
lang: Norman
word: archéologie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: arkeologi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: arkeologi
lang: Occitan
word: arqueologia
lang: Pashto
word: لرغونپوهنه
roman: larγunpohəna
lang: Persian
word: باستانشناسی
roman: bâstân-šenâsi
lang: Polish
word: archeologia
lang: Portuguese
word: arqueologia
lang: Romagnol
word: archeologì
lang: Romagnol
word: archeologèja
lang: Romanian
word: arheologie
lang: Russian
word: археоло́гия
roman: arxeológija
lang: Scots
word: airchaeologie
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: arc-eòlas
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: àrsaidheachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: археологија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: arheologija
lang: Sicilian
word: archioluggìa
lang: Slovak
word: archeológia
lang: Slovene
word: arheologija
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: archeologija
lang: Spanish
word: arqueología
lang: Swahili
word: akiolojia
lang: Swedish
word: arkeologi
lang: Tagalog
word: arkeolohiya
lang: Tajik
word: бостоншиносӣ
roman: bostonšinosi
lang: Tamil
word: தொல்லியல்
roman: tolliyal
lang: Telugu
word: పురాతత్వ శాస్త్రము
roman: purātatva śāstramu
lang: Thai
word: โบราณคดี
roman: boo-raan-ná-ká-dii
lang: Tibetan
word: གནའ་དངོས་རིག་གནས
roman: gna' dngos rig gnas
lang: Tibetan
word: གནའ་རྫས་རྟོག་ཞིབ
roman: gna' rdzas rtog zhib
lang: Turkish
word: arkeoloji
lang: Turkish
word: kazıbilim
lang: Turkmen
word: arheologiýa
lang: Ukrainian
word: археоло́гія
roman: arxeolóhija
lang: Uzbek
word: arxeologiya
lang: Vietnamese
word: khảo cổ học
lang: Volapük
word: vönotav
lang: Welsh
word: archaeoleg
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרכעאָלאָגיע
roman: arkheologye