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paleo-

prefix
/ˈpæl.i.əʊ/UK/ˈpæl.i.ə/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

  1. derived from παλαιός

Definitions

  1. Old

    Old; ancient or primitive.

  2. Related to paleontology.

  3. Used to form informal names of taxa

    Used to form informal names of taxa; basal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paleo-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA