| word | PALEO |
|---|---|
| meaning | PALEO comes from the Greek palaios, meaning “ancient”—that is, “older than old.” The prefix sometimes gets attached to very recognizable words; paleobiology, for instance, deals with the biology of fossil organisms, paleogeography is the study of geography in earlier geological eras, and paleoecology is the study of the relationship of plants and animals to their environment in those eras. |
Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:29, mwvb::unit:29:root, obsidian_to_anki
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