paleo-
English
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From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.i.əʊ/, /ˈpeɪ.li.əʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.i.ə/, /ˈpeɪ.li.ə/, /-oʊ/
Prefix
[edit]paleo-
Antonyms
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[edit]old
primitive
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [pəˌle̞.u]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pəˌle.o]
- IPA(key): (Central) [pəˌle.u]
- IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˌle.o]
(attracts secondary stress)
Prefix
[edit]paleo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paleo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Esperanto
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Derived from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]paleo-
- (sciences) paleo-
- paleo- + botaniko (“botany”) → paleobotaniko (“paleobotany”)
- paleo- + ekologio (“ecology”) → paleoekologio (“paleoecology”)
- paleo- + magnetismo (“magnetism”) → paleomagnetismo (“paleomagnetism”)
- paleo- + grundo (“soil”) → paleogrundo (“paleosol”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paleo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “paleo-”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Finnish
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[edit]Internationalism (see English paleo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós).
Pronunciation
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[edit]paleo-
- (chiefly in loanwords) paleo-
Derived terms
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[edit]Italian
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[edit]- pale- (before a vowel)
Prefix
[edit]paleo-
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- archeo- (“archaeo-”)
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pa‧le‧o-
Prefix
[edit]paleo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paleo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]paleo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paleo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
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[edit]paleo-
- paleo-; prehistoric, pertaining to paleontology
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷelh₁-
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- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Esperanto terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/eo
- Rhymes:Esperanto/eo/3 syllables
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