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noun
The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: archaeology, astronomy, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archae- English astronomy English archaeastronomy From archae- + astronomy.
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