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Hittitology

[ hit-ahy-tol-uh-jee ]
/ ˌhɪt aɪˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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noun
the study of Hittite language and culture.
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Origin of Hittitology

First recorded in 1950–55; Hittite + -o- + -logy
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How to use Hittitology in a sentence

  • Hittitology's like Egyptology; it's stopped being research and archaeology and become scholarship and history.

    Omnilingual|H. Beam Piper
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