paleobotany

English

Alternative forms

• palaeobotany
• palæobotany (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.?

Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der.

English paleo-

English botany

English paleobotany

From paleo- + botany.

Noun

paleobotany (usually uncountable, plural paleobotanies)

1. The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: paleophytology

Derived terms

• paleobotanist

Related terms

• paleoethnobotany

Translations

branch of paleontology

• Catalan: paleobotànica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古植物學 / 古植物学 (zh) (gǔzhíwùxué)

• Esperanto: paleobotaniko, paleofitologio
• Finnish: paleobotaniikka
• French: paléobotanique (fr) f
• German: Paläobotanik (de) f
• Indonesian: paleobotani (id)
• Irish: pailéa-luibheolaíocht f
• Japanese: 古植物学 (ja) (こしょくぶつがく, koshokubutsugaku)
• Korean: 고식물학 (gosingmulhak)
• Romanian: paleobotanică (ro) f
• Russian: палеоботаника (ru) (paleobotanika)
• Spanish: paleobotánica f
• Vietnamese: cổ thực vật học
• Volapük: vönaplanav

See also

• palynology