αρχαιολογία

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, book of old stories, legends, traditions; written account of history), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, old, ancient) +‎ λόγος (lógos, reason, thought, explanation) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix), with semantic loan from French archéologie (archæology; the scientific study of the past) and antique.[1] By surface analysis, αρχαιο- (archaio-) +‎ -λογία (-logía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ar.çe.o.loˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: αρ‧χαι‧ο‧λο‧γί‧α

Noun

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αρχαιολογία (archaiologíaf (plural αρχαιολογίες)

  1. archaeology (UK), archeology (chiefly US)
    Synonym: αρχαιολ. (archaiol.)
  2. (figurative) antique, very old object
  3. (figurative) elderly person with antiquated notions

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ αρχαιολογία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

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