paleoecology

English

Etymology

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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 ecology

English paleoecology

From paleo- + ecology.

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Noun

paleoecology (countable and uncountable, plural paleoecologies)

1. The ecology of the ancient past and of extinct organisms

Derived terms

• paleoecological

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: paleoekologio
• Finnish: paleoekologia
• French: paléoécologie (fr) f
• Irish: pailé-éiceolaíocht f
• Italian: paleoecologia f
• Spanish: paleoecología f