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paleethnology

[pey-lee-eth-nol-uh-jee, pal-ee-]

noun

  1. (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.



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Other Word Forms

  • paleethnologic adjective
  • paleethnological adjective
  • paleethnologist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of paleethnology1

First recorded in 1865–70; pale- + ethnology

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