archaeastronomy
/ˌɑː(ɹ)ki.əsˈtɹɒnəmi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and the study of ancient texts."
- "The current fashion is to call the subject archaeoastronomy, as if it were more the business of astronomers or historians of astronomy than of archaeologists."
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 Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ 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.
Usage
Inflected Forms
archæastronomy (alternative)
archaeoastronomy (alternative)
archæoastronomy (alternative)
archeastronomy (alternative)
archeoastronomy (alternative)