archeology
/ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: archéologie, ἀρχαιολογία
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˌɑː.kiːˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable