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papyrology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of papyrus, particularly the branch of archeology concerning ancient texts written on papyrus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English papyro- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- 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 -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English papyrology From papyro- + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: علم البرديات (ʕilm al-burdayāt) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Armenian: պապիրոլոգիա (papirologia) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Asturian: papirología — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Basque: papirologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Belarusian: папіралогія (papiralóhija) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Catalan: papirologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 纸莎草学 (zhǐsuō cǎoxué) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Czech: papyrologie — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Danish: papyrologi — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Dutch: papyrologie — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Esperanto: papirusologio — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Finnish: papyrologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • French: papyrologie — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Georgian: პაპიროლოგია (ṗaṗirologia) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • German: Papyrologie — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Greek: παπυρολογία (papyrología) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Hungarian: papirológia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Indonesian: papirologi — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Italian: papirologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Japanese: パピルス学 (papirusu-gaku) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Korean: 파피루스학 (papiruseuhak) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Kyrgyz: папирология (papirologiya) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Latvian: papiroloģija — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Macedonian: папирологија (papirologija) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: papyrologi — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: papyrologi — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Polish: papirologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Portuguese: papirologia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Romanian: papirologie — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Russian: папироло́гия (papirológija) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Serbo-Croatian: папироло̀гија — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Serbo-Croatian: papirològija — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Slovak: papyrológia — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Slovene: papirologija — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Spanish: papirología — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Swedish: papyrologi — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Turkish: papiroloji — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Turkmen: papirologiýa — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Ukrainian: папіроло́гя (papirolóhja) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Uzbek: папирология (papirologiya) — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Uzbek: papirologiya — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
  • Welsh: papyroleg — the study of ancient texts written on papyrus