archeology

English

Alternative forms

• archaeology, archæology (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle French archéologie, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”). By surface analysis, archeo- +‎ -logy, but not coined in that way.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

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Noun

archeology (usually uncountable, plural archeologies)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of archaeology
   • 1997, Jacob W. Gruber, “American Philosophical Society”, in History of Physical Anthropology, page 64:

     By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.

Usage notes

Not be confused with archelogy.

Derived terms

• archeological
• archeologist
• paleoarcheology
• phytoarcheology
• pseudoarcheology
• zooarcheology

 

Translations

archaeology — see archaeology

Further reading

• archeology, archaeology at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.