Paleo- - Wiktionary

See also: paleo, paleó, paléo-, palaeo-, palæo-, and paläo-

English

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Alternative forms

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• palaeo-, palae-
• pale-
• palæo-, palæ- (archaic or archaicizing)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.i.əʊ/, /ˈpeɪ.li.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.i.ə/, /ˈpeɪ.li.ə/, /-oʊ/

Prefix

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paleo-

1. Old; ancient or primitive.
2. Related to paleontology.
3. Used to form informal names of taxa; basal.

Antonyms

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• neo-

Derived terms

[edit] English terms prefixed with paleo- paleoalgology paleoaltimetry Paleo-American paleoanthropic paleoanthropologist paleoanthropology paleoanthropometric paleoanthropometry paleoarch Paleoarchean paleoarcheology Palearctic paleoart paleoartist paleoastronomy paleoatmosphere paleoatmospheric paleoattine paleoauxology Paleo-Balkan paleobaramin paleobasin paleobathymetric paleobathymetry paleobeach paleobehaviour paleobehavioural paleobiodiversity paleobiogeographic paleobiogeography paleobiogeology paleobiolinguistic paleobiolinguistics paleobiologic paleobiological paleobiologist paleobiology paleobioprovince paleobiota paleobotanical paleobotanically paleobotanist paleobotany paleoburrow paleocamelid paleocarbonate paleocave Paleocene paleocerebellum paleochannel paleochristian paleochronological paleochronology paleoclassical paleoclimate paleoclimatic paleoclimatical paleoclimatological paleoclimatologist paleoclimatology paleocollapse paleocolony paleocommunity paleoconnection paleoconservatism paleoconservative paleocontact paleocontinent paleocontinental paleocoordinate paleocortex paleocortical paleocribellate paleocurrent paleocytological paleocytology paleodata paleodeme paleodemographer paleodemographic paleodemographical paleodemography paleodeposition paleodepositional paleodepth paleodermatoglyphic paleodermatoglyphics paleodesert paleodicots Paleo diet paleodiet paleodietary paleodistribution paleodistributional paleodiversity paleodose paleodosimetric paleodosimetry paleodrainage paleodune paleodynamics paleoecologic paleoecological paleoecologist paleoecology paleoecosystem paleoelevation paleoencephalon paleoendemic paleoendemism paleoentomological paleoentomology paleoenvironment paleoenvironmental paleoepidemiological paleoepidemiology paleoequator paleoequatorial Paleo-Eskimo paleoethnobotanical paleoethnobotanist paleoethnobotany paleoethnographic paleoethnography paleoethnology paleoethological paleoethology paleoevolution paleoevolutionary paleofaeces paleofantasy paleofauna paleofaunal paleofecal paleofeces paleofield paleofire paleofish paleoflora paleofloral paleofloristic paleoflow paleofluid paleofluvial paleoforensic paleoforest Paleogene paleogenetic paleogeneticist paleogenetics paleogenomic paleogenomics paleogeographic paleogeographical paleogeographically paleogeography paleogeological paleogeologist paleogeology paleogeomorphology paleoglacier paleograph paleographer paleographic paleography paleogravel paleohabitat paleoherb paleoherpetology paleohexaploid paleohexaploidisation paleohexaploidization paleohexaploidy paleo-high Paleohispanic paleohistological paleohistologist paleohistology paleohistopathological paleohistopathology paleohistorical paleohistory paleohorizontal paleohuman paleohumidity paleohydrographic paleohydrography paleohydrologic paleohydrological paleohydrologist paleoichnological paleoichnologist paleoichnology paleoichthyological paleoichthyologist paleoichthyology paleoillustrator paleoimmunology Paleo-Indian paleoindication

Translations

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Chinese: Mandarin: 古- (zh) (gǔ-) Finnish: paleo- (fi), muinais- (fi) French: paléo- (fr) Galician: paleo- (gl) German: paläo- (de) Greek: παλαιο- (el) (palaio-) Hindi: पुरा (hi) (purā) Irish: pailé(a)- Japanese: 旧- (ja) (きゅう-, kyū-) Portuguese: paleo- (pt) Vietnamese: -cổ

primitive

Finnish: paleo- (fi) Hindi: पुरा (hi) (purā) Irish: pailé(a)- Portuguese: paleo- (pt)

related to paleontology

Finnish: paleo- (fi) French: paléo- (fr) Greek: παλαιο- (el) (palaio-) Hindi: पुरा (hi) (purā) Irish: pailé(a)- Portuguese: paleo- (pt)

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Central) [pəˌle.u]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [pəˌle.o]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [paˌle.o]

(attracts secondary stress)

Prefix

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paleo-

1. paleo-, old Antonym: neo-

Derived terms

[edit] Catalan terms prefixed with paleo- paleoclimatologia paleòleg paleolític paleontòleg paleontologia

Further reading

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• “paleo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /paˈleo-/
• Rhymes: -eo-
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧o-
• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧o-

Prefix

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paleo-

1. (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] Esperanto terms prefixed with paleo- paleobotaniko paleoekologo paleogrundo paleomagnetismo paleografo

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English paleo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈpɑleo-/, [ˈpɑ̝le̞o̞-]

Prefix

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paleo-

1. (chiefly in loanwords) paleo-

Derived terms

[edit] Finnish terms prefixed with paleo- paleoaasialainen paleoafrikkalainen paleoarkeeinen paleoepidemiologia paleografinen paleolimnologia paleomaantiede paleomagnetismi paleosiperialainen

Anagrams

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• lepoa

Italian

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Alternative forms

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• pale- (before a vowel)

Prefix

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paleo-

1. paleo-

Derived terms

[edit] Italian terms prefixed with paleo- paleoalveo paleoambientale paleoambiente paleoamericano paleoantropologia paleoantropologico paleoantropologo paleoartico paleoasiatico paleobiologia paleobotanica paleobotanico paleocapitalismo paleoclimatologia paleocristiano paleoecologia paleoecologico paleoetnologia paletnologia paletnologico paletnologo paleofitologia paleogenetico paleogeografia paleogeografico paleogeografo paleografia paleografo paleoindustrialismo paleoispanico paleolitico paleomagnetico paleomagnetismo paleomarxismo paleontologia paleontologo paleornitologia paleopallio paleopatologia paleopatologico paleopatologo paleoslavo paleosuperficie paleotelevisione paleotettonica Paleoveneti paleovulcanismo paleozoico paleozoologia paleozoologico

• paleoavanguardia
• paleobiogeografia
• Paleocene
• paleoconservatore
• paleocorteccia
• Paleogene
• paleoindustriale
• paleontografico
• paleopallio
• paleottero

See also

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• archeo- (“archaeo-”)

Anagrams

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• opale

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧o-

Prefix

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paleo-

1. paleo-

Derived terms

[edit] Portuguese terms prefixed with paleo- paleoarte paleoartista paleocristão paleografia paleógrafo paleolítico paleontologia paleotoca

Further reading

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• “paleo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /paleo/ [pa.le.o]
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧o-

Prefix

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paleo-

1. paleo-

Derived terms

[edit] Spanish terms prefixed with paleo- paleoambiente paleoamericano paleoantropología paleoartista paleoclima paleocueva paleodistribución paleoecología paleoecológico paleógeno paleógrafo paleohispánico paleolítico paleopatología

Further reading

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• “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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Prefix

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paleo-

1. paleo-; prehistoric, pertaining to paleontology

Derived terms

[edit] Swedish terms prefixed with paleo- paleontolog