egyptology
/ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.14 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Egyptology.
Example Sentences
- "People who think they may have priceless Egyptian relics "are coming out of the wood work" as a result of the interest in egyptology which has accompanied the national tour of King Tut's treasures."
- "from the popular corpus of sixteenth-century emblematics, bestiaries, encyclopedias, egyptologies, and the like."
- "Richard A. Parker, professor emeritus of egyptology at Brown University and an author and researcher on the subject, died on Thursday in Providence"
- "Thomas Eric Peet Travelling Prize To encourage study of egyptology and prehistory of the Mediterranean lands and the Near East."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Egypto- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English Egyptology From Egypto- + -logy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˌiːd͡ʒɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒi/