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archaeo-

archaeo- prefix: ancient, early, primitive.

Prefix

archaeo-

  1. ancient, early, primitive.

Origin of archaeo-

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos).

Questions about archaeo-

What does archaeo- mean?
Archaeo- means ancient, early, primitive.
What part of speech is archaeo-?
Archaeo- is a prefix.

Words near archaeo- in the dictionary

  1. archaellins
  2. archaellum
  3. archaelogical
  4. archaemetzincin
  5. archaemetzincins
  6. archaeo-
  7. archaeoacoustic
  8. archaeoacoustics
  9. archaeoastronomer
  10. archaeoastronomers
  11. archaeoastronomical

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