Word.ws English Dictionary

palæo-

palæo- is the archaic spelling of paleo-.

Meaning of paleo-

Prefix

paleo-

  1. Old; ancient or primitive.
  2. Related to paleontology.
  3. Used to form informal names of taxa; basal.

Forms of palæo-

alternative formpalæ-

Questions about palæo-

What is palæo- the archaic spelling of?
Palæo- is the archaic spelling of paleo-.

Words near palæo- in the dictionary

  1. palæ-
  2. palæanthropologist
  3. palæanthropologists
  4. palæanthropology
  5. Palæeskimo
  6. palæo-
  7. palæoanthropologist
  8. palæoanthropologists
  9. palæoanthropology
  10. palæobiology
  11. palæobotany

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: palæo- (page history and authors); paleo- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “palæo-.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pal%C3%A6o-. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.