archaeology
Meaning of archaeology
noun
the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
early 17th century (in the sense ‘ancient history’): from modern Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia ‘ancient history’, from arkhaios ‘ancient’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.
Information about archaeology
- It is a name.
- The plural form of archaeology is: archaeologies.
- Languages in which archaeology is used:
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Hyphenation of archaeology
ar-chae-ol-ogy
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- archaeology is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
archaeology synonyms
Meaning archeology:
Translation of archaeology
- German: Archäologie
- Spanish: arqueología
- French: archéologie
- Italian: archeologia
- Portuguese: arqueologia
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