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archaeological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the science or research of archaeology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an archaeological dig
  • a dramatic archaeological discovery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: archeological, archaeologic, archeologic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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 ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- 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 -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English archaeological From archaeology + -ical. By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logical.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: arkeologjik — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Arabic: أَثَرِيّ (ʔaṯariyy) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Armenian: հնագիտական (hnagitakan) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Asturian: arqueolóxicu — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Belarusian: археалагі́чны (arxjealahíčny) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Catalan: arqueològic — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Danish: arkeologisk — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Dutch: archeologisch — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Dutch: oudheidkundig — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Esperanto: arĥeologia — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Esperanto: arkeologia — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Extremaduran: arqueulóhicu — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Finnish: arkeologinen — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • French: archéologique — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Galician: arqueolóxico — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • German: archäologisch — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Greek: αρχαιολογικός (archaiologikós) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Hindi: पुरातात्विक (purātātvik) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Hungarian: régészeti — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Hungarian: archeológiai — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Ido: arkeologiala — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Italian: archeologico — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Latin: archaeologicus — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Latvian: arheoloģisks — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Manx: shenndaaleeagh — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arkeologisk — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arkeologisk — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Occitan: arqueologic — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Polish: archeologiczny — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Portuguese: arqueológico — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Romagnol: archeològic — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Romanian: arheologic — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Russian: археологи́ческий (arxeologíčeskij) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Inari-Sami: arkeologâlâš — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Northern Sami: arkeologalaš — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Upper Sorbian: archeologiski — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Spanish: arqueológico — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Swedish: arkeologisk — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Volapük: vönotavik — relating to the science or research of archaeology
  • Yiddish: אַרכעאָלאָגיש (arkheologish) — relating to the science or research of archaeology
Real reading context

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