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palaeology

palaeology is the alternative form of paleology.

Meaning of paleology

Noun

paleology (uncountable)

  1. The study of antiquities or of the ancient past
    Synonyms:
    archaeology

Origin of palaeology

From palaeo- + -logy.

Words formed from palaeology

Questions about palaeology

What is palaeology the alternative form of?
Palaeology is the alternative form of paleology.

Words near palaeology in the dictionary

  1. palaeological
  2. palaeologism
  3. palaeologist
  4. palaeologists
  5. Palaeologus
  6. palaeology
  7. palaeolongitude
  8. palaeolongitudes
  9. palaeolongitudinal
  10. palaeomagnetic
  11. palaeomagnetically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeology (page history and authors); paleology (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.

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